Who could i use as an influence on myself for oil painting?

Question

i love beautiful paintings, strong colours, things that arent considered 'wierd' but rather more 'unique'. i love contemporary, but realsitic accurate portrait paintings, and also skylines, and landscapes of desserts and beaches. realistic but not too traditional. detailed, and bold, with depth, and shade, and colour.

Answer 1

You sound like you would be a good candidate for learning how to paint wet on wet style. Bill Alexander and Bob Ross are well known for this method.

http://www.bobross.com/

http://www.alexanderart.com/bill.asp

Keep Arting!

Jeff (weseye) Wesley

Answer 2

If your into not too realistic be sure to check out http://www.contempogallery.com . They sell a lot and it will give you an idea of what the public wants.

Answer 3

My style sounds a lot like yours.

I always get inspiration from the photographs at whatatop.com

There is some beautiful stuff in there.

Answer 4

You could take a look at the work of Ewan Uglow. He uses the analytical techniqe of painting but takes it to the extreme with interesting results.

I imagine you would also like the work of Jack Vetriano.

Hope this was helpful x

Answer 5

paul cezanne

Answer 6

You could browse galleries of paintings and pick what you like to get inspiration.