Influences

A few of many:

Christian Boltanski: Installation Artist
Mark Bradford: Collage and Installation
Andy Goldsworthy: Sculptor
Frida Kahlo: Painter
Pepon Osorio: Sculpture and Installation
Matthew Ritchie: Sculpture and Installation
Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture and Installation
Shahzia Sikander: Painting and Installation
Kiki Smith: Sculptor and Printmaker
Do-Ho Suh: Sculpture, Installation
Kara Walker: Painting, Paper, Installation

Illustration:
William Blake, Charles Vess, Aubrey Beardsley, Mucha, Ernst Haeckel

Written Word:
Science Fiction: Bradbury, Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Ursula Le Guin, Madeline L'Engle
Fantasy: T.H. White, C.S.Lewis, Tolkien, Gaiman
Horror: Lovecraft, Poe, Clive Barker, and Stephen King
Philosophy: Plato, Kant, Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Anscombe, Scanlon
Poetry: Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Anais Nin, Yeats

Music:
Leonard Cohen, Flaming Lips, Rolling Stones, Tragically Hip, Tori Amos, The Killers, Regina Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis, The Arcade Fire, The Beatles, The Cure, Dar Williams, David Bowie, E.S. Posthumus, Johhny Cash, Josh Ritter, Melissa Etheridge, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, B B King, Queen, Sam Roberts, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Simon & Garfunkel, Sting, The Tea Party, They Might Be Giants, Tom Petty, Third Day, U2, REM, Warren Zevon, William Shatner

Scent:
The wide world and its many kitchens.
The Eastern Market in SE DC
The Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab