Reply #119: Funny thing [View All]

[Swamp Rat]

My work has not been derivative of Heartfield because I did not know about Heartfield until recently. I would gladly say so if it were true because I really like his work. The DUer Octafish told me about him because he, too, thought my work is similar, which it is... well, I suppose he has influenced me by demonstrating that what I do has already been taken seriously by an earlier generation of art critics. Our themes are certainly similar. I fancy the thought that Heartfield would like my work and consider me a colleague. :blush:

So, if there was an influence, it has been through osmosis. :D

My main influences have been Bosch, Bruegel, Grunewald, Dürer, et al and my mother, who is a fantastic professional artist, and sci-fi novels and movies. When I was an infant, my mother read to me Asimov, Poe, Heinlein, and H.P. Lovecraft, among others, until I could read them on my own. I moved on to Kafka by the time I was 8.