“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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DADA
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Piet Mondrian
Mondrian’s work has been a big influence on me, and my approach to art. When I first encountered his paintings, I was struck by how spare, flat, and organized they were.
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