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My Favorite Artist

To answer the question, You-Know-Who: My favorite artist would be the late and great Keith Haring with Henri Matisse coming in a very close second. Although I'm a fan of many others as well, those two would be at the top of my list. Since nobody's reading so much these days anyway I figured I might as well just answer that one right here instead. Usually not big on the pop art thing, I never even cared much for Warhol's stuff. Haring obviously is the exception.

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  1. Diane J StandifordOctober 15, 2008 at 12:38 AM

    Great choice.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 2:07 AM

    Thank you. Died too young from the AIDS back in the day, I wish he'd hung around somewhat longer. Thanks, Diane.

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  3. LouOctober 15, 2008 at 2:50 AM

    I just looked his stuff up, it's very interesting. I like the sappy artists like Thomas Kincaid.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 3:24 AM

    Hey, Rain! No surprise that Kincaid is on your list, I guess. Personally, I'm not a huge fan. But ... you know I like the sap as much as anyone, and even though I chose Haring as my overall favorite, and Matisse runner up, I LOVE LOVE Andrew Wyeth and figure you probably might, too, eh? Particularly the Master Bedroom painting. I actually bought a print of that one a few years ago on eBay. Probably my favorite painting ever.

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  5. LuminaOctober 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM

    I LOVE his art too. Learned of him when working for Flax Art & Design. Mattisse too. They had lots of goodies by several artists...but of course...It was Flax "Art and Design." (duh) :)

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