One of my favorite artists (recently discovered) would have to be Alex Gross. I find his work to be truly captivating and worthy of attention. He mixes classic 20’s inspired commercial art styles with modern day themes. The kind of work that is better seen than described by me, so go there now if you can spare a few.
 

Camille Rose Garcia is an amazing artist who’s paintings are truly something to behold. I would describe her use of color as distressed 50’s retro, but her subject matter is in a world of it’s own.

I really identify with Chris Mars and his work. Not only because we are both former drummers of punk/indie rock bands but also because we both paint very bizarre paintings with more than a hint of morbidity to them. When you stare at Mars’ work you know that you are submerged deep into a vat demented genius. Check out his site.

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is one of the great and very well-known masters among the Symbolists/Expressionists. His is the artist that created the work "The Scream" AKA "The Cry". A highly recognizable painting of the period.  read more »

Isabel Samaras is a tremendous painter and illustrator with a particular talent for portraiture. Her site is a wealth of interesting and unusual images. Check it.

By the way, if you happen to be lucky enough to be in the NYC area (sadly I am not), she is having a showing at the one and only Jonathan LeVine Gallery.

Joe Sorren has some wonderful paintings and bronze sculpture on his site that is really worth paying a visit to. The exaggerated features on many of his subject’s faces really appeals to me, and his mastery of the difficult task of drawing/painting the human hand is striking. Check it out.

khang Lee has some truly beautiful and amazing paintings on his site, many of the “concept-art” variety. He has a strong ability to suggest his forms rather than always recording every detail. Well worth a visit.

The Plankton Art Co. is a very talented duo comprised of Susan and Allen Crawford. Much like ye ol’ Riddle Design Works, this husband and wife team has painted, illustrated, sculpted and designed many an art piece together. Well worth a visit.
 

For several years I have been a big fan of the art of Josh Agle (better known as Shag). He is a painter/illustrator/designer with a very cool retro/vector/flat-art style to his work. He does the Tiki Torch/mod scooter thing to perfection. I highly recommend you check out his site. Shag is Go!
 

Son of DaVinci features the excellent artwork of Micah J. Gunnell. The user interface on his site is interesting in and of itself. Make sure to browse through the Inks and Colors and Sequentials sections of his site. Good stuff.

Stephen Gilpin is a fantastic painter, illustrator and comic artist with a very cool style to his work that I really like. Pay his site a visit, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
 

McPherson’s done a lot of incredible poster art for some excellent, top-shelf bands. All of the stuff on her site is worth a looksee, but her posters are definitely worth a trip alone. Don’t make me tell you twice!
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One of my favorite artists of all time would have to be Todd Schorr. His site is a wealth of images, each more fascinating and fantastic than the last. Resistance is futile, you will bow to the genius that is Schorr’s twisted creations. Go there now.

Tomer and Asaf are twin brothers of unimaginable talent, brilliance, and illustrative prowess. In addition to their solo illustration work, they have created a series of five (so far) experimental comic books together titled Bipolar. Very highly recommended.  read more »

Van Arno is an amazing painter and illustrator who’s work is highly expressive and captivating. Be patient with the Flash on his site - it takes a takes a minute to load, but it’s worth the wait, so hang in there.   read more »