The following are some of the artists that I admire. Not because they had any great profound influence on my drawings. I just flat out like their work. Lately, I've come to understand the passion they possessed for their gifts. Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parish, Mary Cassatt, William Hogarth (English engraver), Burne Hogarth (notably his dynamic studies of the human form), Jonathan Meader, Manon Cleary (the later two were artist during my early days in Washington), and the illustrations of Roger Dean. I could name countless others, but these are artists that are a part of my minds image library.  But the following stand above those I've just mentioned. Not because they are any more or less famous. For the simple reason that I get lost in their images every time I look at them. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Please respect all copyright laws as are applicable from the location that you are viewing this page.  It is not my intention to display these works for profit, either monetarily, or otherwise.   On the contrary,  my only intention is to pay homage to these artists who have so affected my work over the years.

M.C. Escher (1898 - 1972).He has always been a favorite of  mine.   I like his early work more so than the drawings that made him popular in the late 60's and early 70's.  He influenced my early pen & ink drawings.  I was struck my the detail and the clarity of his drawings.  He was trained, initially, as an architect, which is most evident in his work.  Escher simply signed his drawing in block letters and the date the drawing was completed.

Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528). He was born in Nuremberg.  I saw his work for the first time in Washington, D.C., at the National Gallery of Art.  His work amazed me.  His work consisted almost entirely of engravings, woodcuts, pencil, and ink. His subject matter ranged from religion, events of that period, and then just nature. But has he was primarily a graphic artist (very few, if any, paintings) I was naturally drawn to his work. If you notice on his drawing, Durer always signed his work with a simple combination of his initials "AD" (upper right hand corner of the Rhinoceros drawing). I would incorporate this into my signature. As my middle initial is "D" and my last initial is "A".

Friedrich Hundertwasser (1928 - 2000). He was an Austrian painter from approx. 1920 - 1960.  I first saw his work at the Phillips Collection in Washington,D.C. in 1970.  I was mesmerized by his color, style, and mechanics.  During the course of that show, I would sit on a bench for hours, just looking at his work.  To this day, I still have four of his lithographs displayed in my studio.  He often used brown paper bags as his canvas.  The only color work I've done recently are the computer graphics you'll see here (goto the the Mouse Drawing  link below.)   I'm not much of a colorist though, as I see color differently out of each eye.