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Favorite Artists

This is a list of some artists I've discovered online that I find interesting and inspiring.


 Painting

Alexandre Masino

Frank Hyder

Hung Liu

Isaac Arvold

Joe Paquet

Justin Clayton - Painting a Day Phenom

Kim Bernard Encaustics

Linda Womack

Mark Rothko

Mitch Albala

Outsider Artist TMNK

Patricia Seggebruch

Paula Roland

T. L. Solien

Terry Jerrard-Dimond

Tom Brown

Tracy Spadafor

Victoria Ryan


 Sculpture

Richard Taylor

Tom Corbin

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