American artists American artists Bev Doolittle (b. 10th January 1947) is an American artist working mainly in watercolor paints. She paints scenes of the American West that feature themes of Native American life , wild animals, horses, and landscapes. Doolittle's technical mastery of photorealism in watercolor has brought her notice since her early work as a graphic artist and illustrator. She attended college at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where she met her husband, Jay Doolittle. The Doolittles, after a brief career as graphic artists, becoming "traveling artists" and drove in a motorhome around the American southwest, painting scenes of the landscape as they went. It was during this period that Bev's expansive paintings of the American Western landscape and its wildlife began to develop and soon after, she began to portray Native Americans—often via including them alongside animal themes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bev Doolittle"
Bio is the tagger name of Wilfredo Feliciano (born April 20, 1966). He started painting graffiti on New York City subways in 1980, and is one the founding members of the world famous Tats Cru "The Mural Kings." ...more on Wikipedia about "Bio (graffiti artist)"
Boardman Robinson ( September 6, 1876 - September 5, 1952) was a Canadian- American artist, illustrator and cartoonist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boardman Robinson"
Brad Adkins born in 1973 in Kalispell, Montana is a self-taught artist and curator currently residing in Portland, Oregon. In 2002, Chas Bowie of The Portland Mercury declared Adkins "the poster boy of low-rent artwork." Also in 2002, DK Row of The Oregonian listed Adkins as one of ten "artists you don't know, but should." Matthew Stadler of Nest and Clear Cut Press calls Adkins "an orchestrator of the quotidian", "whose interventions turn the everday into art." ...more on Wikipedia about "Brad Adkins"
Bridget Irish, born March 17, 1966 is an American performance artist, lesbian feminist and Marxist. Mentioned in Le Tigre's hit Hot Topic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bridget Irish"
Bruce Wallace Ariss Jr. ( 1911 - 1994) was an American artist. He has been quite influential in Monterey, with streets and theatres and such named after him. In addition, he has numerous murals there, at least some of which were WPA projects in the 1930s. He also has some illustration work in published books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Ariss"
Bruce Conner is a key experimental filmmaker and assemblage artist. He was born in Kansas in 1933 and made his first film (called simply A Movie) in 1958. During the 1960s and 1970s his collage films of found footage were influential and well-received. Key works include Report (1967, about the JFK assassination), Marilyn Times Five (1973, constructed from supposed nude film of Marilyn Monroe), Mongoloid (1978, with Devo music) and America Is Waiting (1981). Conner's assemblage creations have been shown in galleries and documented in books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Conner" Whatever You're Into, Get Into shortopedia.
Bruce Montgomery is an American composer, author, musical theater performer, painter, conductor, and director. He is also one of the world's foremost experts on Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Montgomery (entertainer)"
Burton Morris is a pop artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol. He is also from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He appeared on the last season of the Apprentice. He has designed the logo for the 2006 MLB All Star Game, the posters for the Academy Awards, work for the Montreaux Jazz Festival, and has had his paintings featured on the television show Friends (TV). His art has been used on several companies' packaging. He did a limited edition bottle for Perrier, as well as pictures for the fronts of Daily's drink mixes. His art is well-known, and follows a unique style, using vivid colors and thick lines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burton Morris"
C.R. Stecyk III (born in the early 1950's) A southern California native and one of its most ardent pop culture historians. ...more on Wikipedia about "C.R. Stecyk III"
Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) American minimalist artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Andre"
Carlos Almaraz ( October 5, 1941- 1989) was a Mexican-American artist and an early proponent of the Chicano street arts movement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlos Almaraz"
Carlos Cortez ( August 13, 1923 – January 19, 2005) was a poet, graphic artist, photographer, muralist and political activist, active for six decades in the Industrial Workers of the World. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlos Cortez"
Carolee Schneemann (b. 1939) is an American performance artist, known for her discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. Her work is primarily characterized by research into visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in relationship to social bodies. Her works have been shown at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the New York Museum of Modern Art, and the London National Film Theatre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolee Schneemann"
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Cathy Sisler is an American artist, born in Wisconsin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathy Sisler"
Charles Ephraim Burchfield ( 1893- 1967), an American watercolor painter, was born in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1916. Burchfield moved to upstate New York in 1925 where he was employed as a wallpaper designer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles E. Burchfield"
Chris Burden (born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946) is an American artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chris Burden"
Chris Savido (born Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American artist whose acrylic portrait of George W. Bush composed of monkeys created controversy when the managers of Chelsea Market closed down the "ANIMAL'S PARADISE" art exhibition ** there because of it. It was later auctioned on Ebay. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Chris Savido"
Christo (born Hristo Yavashev, Bulgarian: Христо Явашев) and Jeanne-Claude are an artistic duo known best for wrapping objects and buildings, as well as other types of environmental art. Married since November 28, 1962, they are arguably the best-known practitioners of what is called installation art. Some of their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin with aluminized polypropylene fabric, and the Pont Neuf in Paris with golden sandstone polyamide fabric, and "Running Fence" (1976) a 24-mile-long ribbon-like installation of fabric across Marin County and Sonoma County, California reaching to the Pacific Ocean. Their most recent project was 2005's The Gates, in New York City's Central Park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christo and Jeanne-Claude"
Christopher Pearse Cranch ( March 8 1813 – 1892) was a United States writer and artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christopher Pearse Cranch"
Cindy Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is a world-renowned American artist, currently working in New York. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, she grew up in Huntington, New York on Long Island. She was educated at Buffalo State College; although she enrolled as a painting student, her exposure to the innovative ideas of her colleagues at the artists' space Hallwalls convinced her to switch to photography, a medium conducive to Conceptual art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cindy Sherman"
Clark Byers, (ca. 1915 - 19 February 2004), was an American sign maker. He is famous for painting over 900 barns in 19 states with the slogan "See Rock City". ...more on Wikipedia about "Clark Byers"
Corita Kent, born Frances Kent, also known as Sister Corita, ( November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986) was an artist and an educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston. She worked almost exclusively with serigraphy, helping to establishment it as a fine art medium. Her artwork, with its messages of love and peace, was particularly popular during the social upheavals of the 1960's and 1970's. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corita Kent"
Cory Arcangel (born 1978) is a digital artist who lives and works in Manhattan. His work is concerned with the relationship between technology and culture, and he has best become known for his artistic game modifications, particularly his hacked Nintendo game cartridges. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cory Arcangel"
Cory Cudney is a tattoo artist currently based in Buffalo, New York who specializes in hyperrealism in the forms of horror films and pin-up girls. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cory Cudney" It's my http://www.shortopedia.com! shortopedia
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