I like to recommend three artists: one that I like, one I just found out about, and one who is a personal mentor:
- Vik Muniz (Wikipedia, Official Website): I first saw him on TV back in the mid-2000s and I was impressed by his “paintings” using chocolate, garbage, and whatever else he could find. This past summer I also saw a documentary called “Waste Land” about his humanitarian work, which he used art to help people. He is both a photographer and a painter, though not in the traditional sense. I think this is what makes him an Artist.
- Albert Paley (Wikipedia, Official Website): I only recently heard of him on NPR. But after a little research I begin to like his work. First of all, he is from Pennsylvania, my second home state. And he taught at Rochester Institute of Technology, which is next to the University of Rochester, where I went for undergrad and currently going for graduate school. So there’s definitely some local connection there.
- David Walsh (University of Rochester Webpage): I had Professor Walsh for an architecture class back in 2006 when I was a student at UofR. He is my favorite liberal arts professor. Not only is he knowledgeable in art history, he is also a modern day impressionist painter who had held numerous exhibitions across the country. And not only is he a painter, he does excellent pencil drawings. A true Teacher and an Artist. I am very honored to have two of his drawings! (You will see some of his work online, as soon as I help him design a website.)
