Influences

As an artist living in this day and age I feel like I could never name each and every visual or conceptual influence.  However, the following links might begin to give a general idea:

Living:

Eric Hopkins, The Arcanist -  www.thearcanetile.com/imp, www.myspace.com/thearcanetile

Sally Mann, photographer - http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?artist=138

Ron Mueck, sculptor, puppetmaker - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Mueck

Tehching Hsieh, performance artist - http://www.one-year-performance.com/

Not Living:

Meret Oppenheim, surrealist sculptor - http://www.leninimports.com/meret_oppenheim.html#meretbiog

René Magritte, surrealist painter - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte

Diane Arbus, photographer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Arbus#Early_work