Jenny Saville

Saville's paintings are shocking to first look at, but truly remarkable.  I love the subject of gore and horror she explores.  I have done a few macabre paintings of my own and so I can appreciate her works.  She also does bodies pressed up against glass which is SO cool mostly nude women.  I really love this effect and I think I may try it on my own sometime.  It really takes talent to morph a body correctly in that way.  She is an amazing artist and I may try and emulate her style because I feel it is somewhat of what I explore myself.

Jacob Collins

Collins' figure drawing are simplistic yet very real.  He often uses subjects in the nude and usually at most a bed sheet is also incorporated or a blank wall.  His works seem more like studies rather than anything too compelling but his style is very beautiful, and it gives the audience a sense of the complete knowledge he has on the human body.  His lighting on the body is diffused giving each of his subjects a light aura around them.. They all have a calmness to them that I enjoyed looking at.  One of my favorite skills that Collins possesses is the ability to make the flesh look tangible and soft.  He is an incredibly impressive figure artist.