such a hard question, i guess my first favorite artist, would be J.W.Waterhouse. i just always found the mixture of heavy brushstrokes and hauntingly depicted pre-raphaelite scenes amazing

it was victorian art that first got me interested in art

newer stuff,  Audrey Kawasaki is someone who's work i check a lot. her work is simple, yet technically excellent, and it has a mood and quality to it that I love.a lot of her work has a sensuality to it.

too many others to list, and very hard to rank them in any form. a lot of the juxtapos & low brow art crowd had a big impact on me, as did alot of the superflat stuff, and the artists that it spawned.

but ultimately i usually return to victorian art when i feel like i've lost my way. it tends to clarify things for me.

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