My visual influences, if I had to sum them up, would be (in order of instrumentality):
Edgar Degas
George Lucas and his original trilogy
Walt Disney
Gustav Klimt
Japanese art (pre-1900)
Edvard Munch
Felix Vallotton
Toulouse Lautrec
Edward Hopper
Ansel Adams
Jeffrey Smart
And so many more. Here are some recent ones:
(From top) Thomas Eakins Miss Amelia Van Buren 1891. Jean-François van Dael Flowerpiece 1811.
Gerhard Ter Borch Paternal Admonition 1654 (detail). Johannes Vermeer The Art of Painting 1666. Vermeer's light is just incredible, as are his colours and attention to detail- no wonder he produced few paintings.
Gerhard Ter Borch Paternal Admonition 1654 (detail). Johannes Vermeer The Art of Painting 1666. Vermeer's light is just incredible, as are his colours and attention to detail- no wonder he produced few paintings.
Caspar David Friedrich. Giant Mountains, 1835. Below- Woman at a Window, 1822.
Edward Hopper. Cape Cod Morning, 1950.
