"When asked which artists influenced me the most…. it is a diverse list, there are so many that I admire. I feel Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Diebenkorn are my favorites for color, John Register for moodiness and reflections, Maxfield Parish, David Ligare and Vermeer for lighting and I stand in total awe of DaVinci, John Singer Sargent and Eric Fischl drawings of the figure."

Books of interest:

WAYNE THIEBAUD by Steven Nash

THE ART OF RICHARD DIEBENKORN by Jane Livingstone

JOHN REGISTER: PERSISTENT OBSERVER by Barnaby Conrad III

JOHN SINGER SARGENT, THE SENSUALIST by Trevor Fairbrother

STILL LIFE by Norbert Schneider

BAY AREA FIGURATIVE ART: 1950-1965 by Caroline A. Jones