My most significant artistic influence(s) is/are:

chronologically: Nell Carter, Peter Schmitt, Leigh Garrett, Will Rawls, Terry Dean Bartlett, Stacy Dawson Stearns, David Neumann, Annie B-Parson, DD Dorvillier, Eleanor Smith, and Weena Pauly. Because each one of these people has floored me, inspired me, and made me do what I do now.