Thomasin, I have the feeling that Lopez should be seen in real life. Maybe if there's some members from Boston they could tell us how his work is in real life! There is one of his landscapes in an auction at Chrisitie's London next week and I will go and see.
Anyway, apart from my quasi veneration for Uglow which I look up very often, I also love Paula Rego.
She is just so dedicated to her art. DId you see her illustrations for Jane Eyre?They are incredibly strong. I recently heard an interview with her on the radio, she was talking of her studio, her dolls, her simple eveyday working life. I found her quite moving. Also check out her late husband's work, Victor Willing.
My latest english artistic discovery is another very moving and inspiring painter.
His name is Sargy Mann: he is 71, has studied with and been close to a generation of painters like Francis Hoyland and Patrick George. He started his artistic career straight after art school but when he was around 35 his eyesight has started deteriorating and he is now almost completely blind. He has kept painting all along.
I saw a show of his recent works and bought his
book .
It took a while for his paintings to get to me but I am now totally taken by the complexity and depth of his work.
Here there is an article on him, just saying his name sends me straight to my easel mortified by not trying hard enough.
Ilaria