I am influenced by Warhol, Picasso, Jean-Paul Basquiat. Ndebele art, Romare Bearden, Martha Graham, African movements and time cycles, Alice Walker, foriegn films,Truman Capote, Martin Luther King, Jr, surrealistic art, Grace Jones, afro futuristic art, foriegn films and the common sense chapters and the uncommon storylines of human beings. Living a life as an artist since my teens in the 1960’s, I have been influenced by Prince, New Journalism, punk and funk rapping, Gil Scott Heron, Miles Davis, world religions and personal spirituality, sustainability.