Influences: Fantasy books (the usual culprits Tolkien, Moorcock, and many others). I have been interested in fantasy stories and art for as long as I can remember. Also mythology (mostly Slavic) and legends such as Beowulf and the Norse sagas.
Style: I paint with oils. I do a graphite under drawing on a sheet of archival paper, mount that to masonite or hardboard than I use oil paints directly on top of my under drawing.