Andy Ross’s comments on what inspires his artwork.

  • Francis Picabia DADA

    DADA

    “Look, life is ridiculous. Nothing means anything, really, when you get right down to it. Besides, we’re all going to die. We all know all that. But, can’t we have a little fun along the way?”

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  • Robert Frank, London

    Robert Frank

    Every artist, of whatever skill or level, can point to the very specific moments when they saw work that…

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  • Joseph Cornell artwork

    Joseph Cornell

    The central metaphor of art is transformation… Turning one thing into another is where art starts.

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  • Alexander Calder sculpture

    Alexander Calder

    Seeing a piece by Calder is always a fresh and delightful experience. His work is not really “around that much.” Unlike the work of some of the recent, super-popular artists like Warhol, or Koons, or Basquiat, whose work seems to show up every time you turn a page, or click a link, you sometimes go …

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  • Waiting image

    Borders Bookstore

    It might seem strange to list a bookstore as a big influence on my directions as an artist. But, Borders was really important to my development. I

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  • Ansel Adams

    Ansel Adams

    I first got interested in photography in middle school, in the 1970s. Some friends showed me there was a small darkroom at the school, and they showed me how to develop film, and how to make enlargements.

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  • Hilm af Klint "The Dove II"

    Hilma af Klint

    Like a lot of people in the artworld, I first became aware of the painter Wilma Af Klint in the last few years.

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  • Honey, I Twisted Through More Damn Traffic Today

    Ed Ruscha

    Ed Ruscha’s paintings had a huge effect on me when I first saw them when I was in high school. They opened me up and made me realize art could be nearly anything. It could be funny. It could be sarcastic. It could be about ordinary daily life.  It didn’t have to be all that …

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  • Stylish Ruins by Paul Klee

    Paul Klee

    The artwork of Paul Klee is so imaginative and playful, I think of him as just floating along on a cloud of pure inspiration!

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