jasuumin-deactivated20130307 asked: YOUR STYLE IS SO COOL, and you're portraits are awesome. Pardon if this has been previously asked, but what would you say your largest influences to your art would be?

Thanks! My favorite deceased artists are Gustav Klimt, Francisco de Goya, Henry Fuseli, Fragonard, and Frida Kahlo.

Contemporary artists are hard to single out. About six years ago I was very into Audrey Kawasaki, Stella Im Hultberg, Amy Sol, and Natalia Fabia. Since then i’ve been inspired by James Jean, Taylor McKimens, Yoshitomo Nara, and Aya Takano.

There are a lot of great artists out there. But I should mention that I don’t look directly at art a lot for inspiration & influence. I feed my brain with comics, design, food photography, fiction, film, and fashion. It helps me avoid my work looking directly like someone else’s.