Alice Neel is known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Her paintings are notable for their expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity.She is also the grandmother of Alice Neels.

Elizabeth Neel was born in vermont and now works in NY.Neel makes semi-abstract paintings based on images from the Internet. She uses a combination of gestural mark-making and figurative imagery.

Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.

Gehard Demetz is an italian artist who works with wood, pairing rugged crude cuts with delicate smooth ones.

Simon Schubert, a talented German artist, uses paper creases and folds to create the coolest art ever.