Here is a listing of artists (contemporary and historical) that I value (this is not a comprehensive list…):

Bo Bartlett

Mary Cassatt

Emily Chastain

Thomas Eakins

Rose Frantzen

Daniel E. Greene

Robert Green

Glenn Harrington

Robert Henri

Winslow Homer

Edward Hopper

Ryan Kapp

Everett Raymond Kinstler

Laura Knight

Kathe Kollwitz

Judy Ledgerwood

Jeremy Lipking

Carol Marine

Jack Maxwell

Dan McGregor

Michael Shane Neal

Libby Peters

John Howard Sanden

John Singer Sargent

Burton Silverman

Linda Kyser Smith

Joaquín Sorolla

James Abbott Mcneill Whistler

Andrew Wyeth

Anders Zorn