A list of the artists and people, that have influenced my work visually, conceptually, and in Ethic. In a general order of importance: Peter Howson, Manuel Ocampo, Neo Rauch, Ed Kienholz, Tracy Emin, Kenny Scharf, Georgeanne Deen, Lisa Yuskavage, Frida Kahlo, Ray Harryhausen, Jim Shaw, Mike Kelley, Sue Williams, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Sandy Skoglund, Paul McCarthy, Kiki Smith, Martin Kippenberger, Heironymus Bosch, Henry Darger, Chris Burden, Andy Kaufman, GG Allen, Warhol, Basquiat, Jean Tinguely, Sid and Marty Krofft, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Ryden, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Larry Clark, Flemish School, Glasgow School, Anthony Van Dyck, Rubens, Valazquez, Gregory Gillespie, Odd Nerdrum, James Rosenquist, De Kooning, Fernando Botero, Julie Heffernan, Modigliani,Balthus, Dorothea Tanning, Remedios Varo, Norman Rockwell, Waterhouse, Disney, Classic Cartoons, Jim Henson, Care Bears, Barry McGee, XNO, Clayton Brothers, Larry Rivers, David Salle, Steven Campbell, Fiona Ray, Francesco Clemente, Barnaby Whitfield, Jenny Saville, Nara, Wangechi Mutu, U.S. Marine Sgt. Dan Daly, Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Keith Haring, Mark Kostabi, Madonna, The Cockroach, Duchamp, Christo, Jasper Johns, Rothko, Mondrian, Pollock, John Waters, W.C. Fields, Ren and Stimpy, Wacky Packs, Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, Bob Ross, Sci-Fi Movies, Stop Motion Animation, Classic Japanese Monster Movies, Robert Rodriguez, Kung Fu Theater, The Body Karate:Part 2, Garbage Pail Kids, Goose Bumps covers, Bad Illustration, Good/Bad Illustration, Academic Art, Bad/Good Illustration, CGI Animation, Early Morning, Puppetry, Graffiti, Gumby Damm it, Anima, Story Books, and Geoffrey Jellyneck.
The nice, the kind, and the inspirational. If you have a page that takes time to load, You are a music site, or your pic looks like you may be a sp*mmer then send me a message about why you want to add me. It's just too much work wading thru the fakers. thanks!!!
Motorhead, Hot Snakes, High on Fire.
today: Platoon, True Romance, Idiocracy, I heart Huckabees, In the Realms of the Unreal.
South Park, Firefly, The Office, Arrested Development, The Venture Bros., Strangers with Candy, Colbert Report.
ART: Magazines, books, It's all About Art right now!
Nice People, Someone who thinks before they speak, The kind and compassionate..