Laurie Hogin: Colors, variable fur/scale/feather texture, underpainting?
Mark Tansey: clevery wry witticism
Kristin Kest: Clarity of storytelling and technical skill. frankness of discussion about gender.
Paul Jeans: Knowledge of color and pigments. and color. did i mention color?
Peter Doig: impressionistic brushwork and color variation even in a very slim range (how colorful white paintings are), also sense of space/organization of visual space/not getting bogged down in the chaotic details.
Ai Wei Wei: Strength of conviction
Trenton Doyle Hancock: Horror vacui, codified mythos, strength of character development, fearlessness to show presumably very private mythos/characters.
Julie Heffernen: the fact that her paintings contain deep personal symbolism and narrative that are important to her but that she doesn't nessicarily feel she has to share with others.
Ellie Dent: willingness to frankly discuss personal issues that drive her work. Also color and texture to make a cohesive picture and get her point across. Also color in general but that's probably starting to sound old.
Lisa Yuskavage: color, willingness to "break the conventional rules."
Chuck Close: dedication.
Matisse: Dedication, also. When he could no longer paint he made paintings out of torn paper.
Van Gogh: dedication in the face of failure; use of color and line (and only color and line, basically) to build texture, guide the eye(direction) and build up composition. Favorite artist here.
All Dadaists: Irreverence.
Lious Wain: willingness to do things outside of convention even though people regarded it very strangely. ability to make an image that is recognizable with pattern.
Exekias: filling in parts of a well-known cultural story with off-screen time for the characters, composition along strange shapes.
Ralph Steadman: Everything.
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law: Detail and absorbant ground washes for atmospheric color
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