Artists in this century have a long and rich, and problematic heritage
             on which to draw. As an artist I have been influenced by others before me
             and by the world around me. The technology that has been introduced into
             art is both a problem and a challenge for artists as it changes the meaning
             of what art is and could be. World events, the fourth world war and the
             failure of science and reason as the main tools of modern thought - all
             these factors have influenced and inspired me in the way I practice and
             One of the most important revelations that have inspired my work is
             the non-dualistic artistic school, which has recently come into prominence.
             It is not well-known that this movement had its origins hundreds of years
             ago in the early twentieth century. Possibly the greatest influence on
             myself and many other artists has been the radical changes in the political
             and philosophical structures of the modern world. I refer particularly to
             the reaction to the new world order after world amalgamation.
             My earliest influences, which still inspire me today, are old-
             fashioned, even primitive artists. This did not endear me to the techno-
             wizards and virtual art simulators of our time. However, I was impressed
             with the early twentieth century artists like Picasso and Braque and by the
             surrealists like Max Ernst. Although their methods were by our standards
             somewhat primitive, their work laid the foundations for our modern
             These artists were the first to move away from art as representation
             and follow, intuitively then, a feeling that art was more than just
             decoration or social comment. They instinctively showed through their
             work that they felt that art was a form of thinking and an evolution in
             human consciousness. Artists like Max Ernst are only now being understood
             in his use of ...