Below is an ever expanding list of artists whose work I admire. I often refer to this list when suggesting artists to my painting students at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design. Enjoy! If you come across an artist that you find exceptional, repost their site on whatever social media platform you enjoy and promote the artists!
Abstraction
http://www.jroper.co.uk/
http://www.damonsoule.com/
http://www.carlberggallery.com/artists.php?artist=igueorguieva
http://www.oliververnon.com/
http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/artists/terry-winters/
http://www.jimmybaker.com/images/painting.php
http://www.jenstark.com/index.php
http://interstice.us/matthiasduwel/index.htm
http://jackietileston.info/
http://www.bonnyleibowitz.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=19121&AKey=XHT23RHR
http://mars-1.com/
http://www.lorareynolds.com/artists/images/daniel_zeller/#/image/2797035341/
http://www.kinseyvisual.com/?cat=5
http://www.vincecontarino.com/
http://joshuadildine.wordpress.com/
http://furtherrr.com/DAVID-CHOONG-LEE
http://erinlynnwelsh.com/
http://www.melanieauthier.com/
http://www.katherinemann.net/
http://treyegan.com/
http://poesiatranscend.com/
http://works.meguruyamaguchi.com/
http://www.conorbackman.com/
http://www.christineodlund.se/
http://www.bruce-riley.com/
Printmaking and Design
http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/929-aaron-horkey-interview.html
http://www.davidfloresart.com/gallery.php
http://blog.shriekingtree.com/category/visual-art/
http://www.sitnie.com/#618814/NEW
http://evansummer.com/
http://erikwaterkotte.com/
http://cargocollective.com/mariaapariciopuentes
http://www.eddiecolla.com/product/epilogue
http://sagevaughn.com/filter/wildlife/Home
http://cheyenneweaverdesign.com/
http://www.tugboatprintshop.com/
http://www.paddle8.com/work/swoon-and-monica-canilao/13755-painted-veil#
http://soukupvisual.com/
http://www.invisi.com/web/site.cgi
http://instagram.com/cj_hendry
http://www.justinplunkett.com/
Portraits
http://www.kehindewiley.com/
http://www.jontodd.ca/
http://www.andrewhem.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstywhiten/page2/
http://www.julio-reyes.com/index.html
http://leslieannodell.carbonmade.com/about
http://www.mattrotasart.com/
http://billynorrby.com/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahs28/the-art-of-phil-hale-1yzj
http://www.lilymaemartin.com/gallery/
http://www.flounderart.com/
http://kevinpetersonstudios.com/
http://www.youshouldtakecare.com/
http://www.seevanminnen.com/
http://www.edithlebeau.com/index.php
http://allisontorneros.com/
http://bradkunkle.com/home.html
http://www.byroglyphics.com/
http://1313.mx/
http://nsdavid.livejournal.com/1346.html
http://www.jamesjean.com/
http://brettamory.com/wordpress/
https://www.artifactsgallery.com/art.asp?!=A&ID=640
http://timothypakron.com/home.html
http://fireleibaez.com/
http://artwork.bayo.me/
http://gillianlambert.carbonmade.com/
http://www.christopheavellabagur.com/
http://www.antoniosantin.com/
http://www.matt-small.com/
http://www.lextintel.eu/index.htm
http://joramroukes.blogspot.com/2008/07/tekendingen.html
http://marcomazzoni.tumblr.com/
http://serenacole.org/home.html
http://www.alancoulson.com/
http://cargocollective.com/sarahmuirhead
http://alyssamonks.com/index.asp
http://www.estherbarend.eu/index.html
http://www.booooooom.com/2012/09/19/drawing-by-artist-greg-eason/#more-40330
http://chloeearly.com/
http://www.jasonshawnalexander.com/
http://www.andrewsalgado.com/
http://VINCENTVALDEZOFFICIALSITE.COM/home.html
http://zoomorphix.tumblr.com/
http://www.jonathandarby.com/gallery/#/page-1
http://www.nicolaverlato.com/
http://www.somepaintings.net/Alex.html
http://www.sergioalbiac.com/
http://www.jennifernehrbass.com/
http://www.alexandrefarto.com/
http://www.carnegriffiths.com/
http://www.alicavanaugh.com/
http://www.zhanghaiying.com/
http://www.ouchclub.com/category/work/
http://jorgesantos.com/
http://artofdala.com/
http://hifructose.com/2013/05/03/opening-night-bom-ks-vertiges-somnolence-at-galerie-itinerrance/
http://studio-hush.com/
http://www.eliridgway.com/index.php/collinson-works/collinson-paper
http://www.adammillerart.com/
http://www.troilo54.com/
http://www.antoniosantin.com/
http://www.andrewsalgado.com/
http://www.meghanhowland.com/
http://ceciliaparedes.net/
http://hifructose.com/2012/11/09/carne-griffiths-ethereal-fluid-paintings/
http://www.benjaminjamesterry.com/#!new-site/photostackergallery11=4
http://leejeffries.500px.com/
http://www.joeldanielphillips.com/home.html
http://www.adrawingorthree.com/
http://shelleyreed.com/
http://www.zhoufanart.com/index.html
http://wentzart.net/
http://www.carnegriffiths.com/
http://jakewoodevans.com/
http://www.shaunferguson.co.uk/
http://beng-art.com/
http://www.booooooom.com/2013/11/05/artist-painter-adam-lupton/
http://alupton.com/
http://redrabbit7.com/
http://agnes-cecile.cleanfolio.com/
http://xhxix.tumblr.com/
http://kwonkyungyup.com/index.htm
http://karenannmyers.com/
http://www.annemariebusschers.com/
http://www.beforethey.com/
http://www.alvarotapia.com/
http://joshuamiels.com/
http://www.joshuamiels.com/
http://www.frantic.jp/en/artist/artist-mohri.html
http://khaismanstudio.com/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/ek-interview-cian-mcloughlin/
http://www.cianmcloughlin.com/
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/06/digitally-assembled-paintings-by-russ-mills/
http://www.borispelcer.com/byronic.php
http://www.kwanchaimoriya.com/
http://www.robinfwilliams.com/
http://edfairburn.com/
http://www.zsaitsits.com/
http://amyrobins.deviantart.com/art/Gaya-209205544
http://www.carnegriffiths.com/
http://www.fintanmagee.com/
http://www.alisonblickle.net/
http://xhxix.tumblr.com/
http://bradkunkle.com/
http://www.raycaesar.com/
http://www.zhangjingna.com/
http://www.mrtaylor.co.uk/works
http://tiinaheiska.fi/
http://www.neo-innov.fr/
http://yukino-fukumoto.com/
http://www.charlieterrell.com/
http://caivail.com/
http://www.bluecanvas.com/shebeingbrand
http://haleyhasler.com/home.html
http://www.ianingram.com/
http://bensmith.viewbook.com/gallery
https://www.behance.net/SofiaVictoriaNielsen
http://anateresafernandez.com/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/jo-in-hyuk/
http://justhaejunglee.com/home.html
http://kristygordon.com/
https://www.facebook.com/monicaleeart
http://www.jennymorganart.com/
http://www.angelafraleigh.com/
http://guspena.com/
http://nuestra.tumblr.com/
http://www.michaelsydneymoore.com/
http://martinejohanna.com/
http://www.jennymorganart.com/
http://henriettaharris.com/
http://www.elisabethmladenov.com/
http://www.seunghwan-oh.com/
http://georgeboorujy.com/
http://www.michaelpeckart.com/
http://katsuyaterada.tumblr.com/
http://www.nickgentry.com/
http://www.spazuk.com/fr/home-spazuk.php
http://timokamura.com/
http://www.slavafokk.com/
http://www.adamhuntercaldwell.com/
http://www.dvorezky.com/
http://morik1.livejournal.com/
http://misschristinewu.com/
http://janabrike.com/art.html
http://uselessarm.tumblr.com/
http://hifructose.com/2015/01/10/dynamic-and-symbolic-figurative-paintings-by-mohan/
http://indoartnow.com/artists/haris-purnomo
http://www.hannahyata.com/paintings/
http://jaxonnorthon.com/watercolor
Landscape
http://www.alexlukas.com/
http://www.davidbsmithgallery.com/exhibit/show/kim-keever
http://maryiverson.com/
http://www.noacharuvi.com/index.html
http://www.alexisrockman.net/
http://stephaniebuer.com/drawings.shtml
http://www.netropolitan.org/gallogall.html
http://mikeshankman.com/
http://www.olschinsky.at/
http://www.gregoryeuclide.com/
http://www.shanemcadams.com/home
http://www.dirtgalleryla.com/dirt_jeff_gillette.html
http://www.marcusjansen.com/
http://hifructose.com/2012/10/02/carlo-cane-envisions-utopian-ecosystems/
http://www.jean-pierreroy.com/Images.html
http://jeremymiranda.blogspot.ca/
http://www.kateshaw.org/
http://oakesoakes.com/
http://kngee.com/stencils.php
http://www.mattshaneart.com/
http://www.popelcoumou.nl/photography/
http://www.mattcusick.com/
http://artbyadamfriedman.com/home.html
http://hifructose.com/2013/02/14/on-view-scott-listfield-and-jeff-gillette-at-gallery-1988/
http://www.mediastain.com/index.html
http://ericjoyner.com/
http://bengrasso.com/
http://christophersaunders.us/
http://victor-castillo.com/
http://josephplozano.tumblr.com/
http://jessicahess.com/
http://joelrea.com.au/index.php
http://mizuma-art.co.jp/artist/0030/index_e.php
http://kimcogan.blogspot.com/
http://artstormer.com/2011/03/03/mixmaster-paintings-by-kim-cogan/
http://brianmashburnart.com/gallery/canvas/
http://www.eyvindearle.com/
http://www.zariaforman.com/
http://aitor-renteria.blogspot.com/
http://paulrouphail.com/
http://majawronska.com/#
http://www.akihitotakuma.com/
http://www.xiaufong.com/
http://erinhanson.com/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/robert-proch-part-ii/
http://www.maryannekluth.com/
http://www.samanthakeelysmith.com/
http://www.lizbrizzi.com/
http://mattcusick.com/
http://www.yangyongliang.com/
http://tristramlansdowne.com/
http://www.svenkroner.de/
http://www.depewstudio.com/index.html
http://www.bensackart.com/
http://karenkitchel.com/site/welcome.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/larsdanielrehn/with/6630597887/
http://www.pablogenoves.com/
http://www.jesslittlewood.com/index.html
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/architectural-watercolors-by-sunga-park/
Surrealism
http://www.mrushiro.com/personal.html
http://www.agostinoarrivabene.it/index.php
http://aliciamartinlopez.com/
http://www.shayne-murphy.com/
http://www.matthewbourbon.com/home
http://john-chae.com/
http://www.lazinc.com/artists/ian-francis/
http://www.suspendedinlight.com/main.htm
http://edwardwaltonwilcox.com/Fanatic.php?id=155
http://www.ekundayo.com/about.html
http://www.martinwittfooth.com/
http://caitlinhackett.carbonmade.com/
http://www.robsato.com/
http://despainart.com/
http://www.joshkeyes.net/
http://tinymediaempire.com/
http://www.flickr.com/people/dougbosley/
http://www.bobdob.com/
http://www.chrisberens.com/
http://www.jeremygeddesart.com/index.html
http://www.johnbrosio.com/index.html
http://joshualinergallery.com/artists/ryan_mclennan/
http://1313.mx/obra/esquicios
http://rogallery.com/Rauch/Rauch-hm.htm
http://sean-edward.com.au/
http://www.stephan-balleux.com/
http://ifrancis.co.uk/#home
http://www.trojnarski.com/index.htm
http://www.pablomilicua.net/paginas/inicio.html
http://borninconcrete.com/home.html
http://www.davidstoupakis.com/gallery/gallery_outer_frameset.htm
http://www.alexroulette.com/
http://www.kevinearltaylor.com/
http://hifructose.com/2012/10/29/julie-heffernans-skys-falling/
http://www.adammillerart.com/
http://www.lorinix.net/
http://www.laurasgallery.com/new/work
http://brinlevinson.com/
http://www.diegogravinese.com/site2/
http://jenecio.com/
http://artistcalebbrown.com/home.html
http://bernardumaine.deviantart.com/
http://www.simonstalenhag.se/
http://www.nicodimgallery.com/artists/daniel-pitin/
http://henrikaau.com/#4
http://www.rachaelbridgeart.com/#!about
http://tristramlansdowne.com/
http://mattduffinfineart.com/
http://www.bailinstudio.com/STUDIO/page0.html
http://www.zsaitsits.com/
http://www.reneemcginnis.com/
http://vimeo.com/3585979
http://www.aaronnoble.net/
http://tiffanybozic.com/
http://sethsclark.com/
http://www.ryanheshka.com/about-me/
http://www.xiaufong.com/
http://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/23/christopher-orr/biography/
http://joesorrenart.com/
http://jessicarimondi.wix.com/paintings
http://caseymckee.com/
http://www.robertoferri.net/
http://bigpaperairplane.com/
http://bigpaperairplane.com/
http://fredeinaudi.com/
http://www.marc-dailly.fr/fr/accueil.html
http://jablonskipiotr.deviantart.com/
http://www.charleswish.com/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/michael-reedy-2/
http://www.laurenmarx.com/
http://www.yangyongliang.com/
http://www.justinplunkett.com/
http://www.kauffmanartistry.com/
http://www.larissagrant.com/
http://www.danielmerriam.com/
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/heidi-taillefer-returns/
http://www.barbaratosatto.com/
http://www.nosego.com/
http://www.tanadam.com/
http://www.michaelkvium.com/
http://www.booooooom.com/2014/08/14/artist-carmel-seymour/
http://www.ignant.de/2013/12/09/painting-by-tangshi/
http://www.nosego.com/
http://jakubsan.tumblr.com/
http://www.mercedeshelnwein.com/
http://www.kimkimbro.com/
http://christerkarlstad.com/
http://umelabo.info/
http://www.artpluralgallery.com/blog/category/fu-lei/
http://carolynlefley.co.uk/
http://guillermolorca.com/cuadros-recientes/
http://dyoung.ca/
http://gedomenas.com/
http://www.macpremo.com/
http://vimeo.com/110539959
http://morik1.livejournal.com/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/larsdanielrehn/with/6630597887/
http://www.danielmerriam.com/
http://www.pablogenoves.com/
http://www.jesslittlewood.com/index.html
http://www.hannahyata.com/paintings/
Sculpture
http://kuksi.com/
http://www.geharddemetz.com/
http://www.matthewritchie.com/index.php
http://mattshlian.com/index.html
http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/index_main.html
http://www.calvinnicholls.com/
http://www.tedcoconis.com/page2.html
http://ajfosik.com/
http://jshea9.com/home.html
http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=58&issue=44&s=1
http://www.hrgiger.com/
http://jessicadrenk.com/pages/Implements/Implement%2004.html
http://www.ppiinnee.com/
http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=8
http://ericstandley.30art.com/
http://www.strandbeest.com/
http://stephenivesartist.com/bio.html
http://www.stephanehalleux.com/
http://www.arondemetz.it/
http://martimoreno.com/
http://hifructose.com/2013/10/01/the-melting-wooden-frames-of-remy-clemente-and-morgan-maccar/
http://www.morganherrin.com/
http://www.matthewjlevin.com/
http://www.verginer.com/eng/index.php
http://www.eigen-art.com/index.php?article_id=41&clang=1
http://brunocatalano.com/
http://www.olgaziemska.com/
http://www.mister-finch.com/
http://www.loftwork.com/portfolios/oonoyusuke
http://davidmesguich.com/79131/1340762/work/luz-10
http://calebcharland.com/back-to-light-34/
http://ronvanderende.nl/
http://www.monstrum.dk/
http://hifructose.com/2014/02/05/preview-jessica-joslins-animal-alchemy-at-lisa-sette-gallery/
http://www.gentenaar-torley.nl/index.php/peter-gentenaar/portfolio
http://www.jordidiezfernandez.com/
http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/
http://joelcooper.wordpress.com/
http://charlesclary.wordpress.com/
http://www.ribbonesia.com/
http://www.michaelalm.com/
http://jshea9.com/home.html
http://www.joriskuipers.com/wallreliefs-2/
http://www.zimandzou.fr/
http://www.federicouribe.com/
http://www.thomasdoyle.net/
http://www.jessrivacooper.com/
http://www.kimsimonsson.com/
http://www.petergronquist.com/
http://sillypinkbunnies.com/
http://www.dianabeltranherrera.com/
http://www.laurencevallieres.com/
http://brokenliquid.com/
http://www.zemerpeled.com/
http://www.chunkwangyoung.com/html/main.php
http://www.nualaodonovan.com/
http://chaoticatmospheres.com/
Street Art
http://www.daleast.com/
http://conorsaysboom.wordpress.com/
http://lasogaalcielo.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.monsieurqui.com/
http://demandattention.com.au/
http://cargocollective.com/alexisdiaz/
http://www.fintanmagee.com/
http://proch.madkittens.pl/
http://phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com/
http://baudelocque.com/
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/brusk
http://smitheone.tumblr.com/
http://www.nosego.com/
http://monacaron.com/
http://www.odeith.com/
Photography
http://500px.com/guy_c_photography
http://burdu976.com/
http://www.zhangjingna.com/
http://parkeharrison.com/
http://www.elenakalisphoto.com/
http://500px.com/katerina_plotnikova
http://benthomas.net.au/
http://carolynlefley.co.uk/
http://kimkeever.com/
https://www.behance.net/indiffident
http://adambellefeuil.com/
Illustration
http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=222
http://www.jonfoster.com/#home
http://thanuka.com/prints.php
http://www.perdador.com/f6update/illustration_f9.html
http://eyesuckink.com/
http://hushillustration.blogspot.com/?z
http://www.muchafoundation.org/MGallery.aspx
http://nimitmalavia.com/
http://dereknobbs.com/
http://www.ericfortune.com/
http://feral-kid.com/
http://www.gabrielmoreno.com/
http://www.simonprades.com/cms/
http://www.richardakirk.com/
http://www.flemart.com/
http://www.samflores.com/
http://ncwinters.com/
http://www.katebaylay.com/index.html
http://stevekim.com/about
http://jasonchin.net/
http://www.teaganwhite.com/
http://dmcook.carbonmade.com/
http://www.damnthedesign.com/
http://jenecio.com/
http://www.aj-frena.com/
http://carbonmade.com/
http://www.behance.net/dzo
http://blog.nicolasdelort.com/
http://www.paulabraconnot.com/
http://steventabbutt.com/Site/Home.html
http://thomascian.tumblr.com/
http://www.alvarotapia.com/
http://www.richardakirk.com/
http://www.zsaitsits.com/
http://www.sethalverson.com/
http://www.behance.net/konahin
http://www.samuelgomez.com/
http://mizuma-art.co.jp/artist/0030/index_e.php
http://www.werteric.com/
http://yukoart.com/
http://www.thebearhug.com/
http://hebrubrantley.com/
http://dwdesign.tumblr.com/
http://printsgororapoport.com/content/statement
http://siscottstudio.com/
http://caivail.com/
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/fabien-merelle
http://violaineetjeremy.fr/
http://christinapettersson.com/home.html
http://www.richardjoliver.com/
http://www.stefanoalcantara.com/
http://katsuyaterada.tumblr.com/
http://yoheyhorishita.com/
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/intricacies-a-book-of-collaborative-drawings-inspired-by-nature/
http://violaineetjeremy.fr/
http://www.frantic.jp/en/artist/artist-koyama.html
http://www.yasutosasada.com/
http://jakubsan.tumblr.com/
http://www.gedomenas.com/
https://www.behance.net/eliciaedijanto