While I have felt Salvador Dali was the illegitimate father of my art, there were several others who helped formed the thought processes I go through, and their artistic outcome. I thought I would pay homage to these individuals that have influenced me most up to today. While some may yet to make themselves evident, the following list of people, in this order have somehow contributed to my art and thought process. In order for the portraits to represent an artistic evolution of the work I had done prior to them, I used a very special technique developed by computer graphics genius Lee Griggs to combine special textures with the portraits to give them a liquefied appearance. This liquid execution was of extreme importance to me to pictorialize the flow of matter, the flow of energy, and the flow of life. Following my liquid portraits and my fish portraits, the liquid theme and relevance is carried out here to bring the movement forward. For each portrait, several hundred textures were rendered in a 3D program to test their effect on each subject. When I would finally accept the results the results were transferred to canvas where I would meticulously glaze, glaze, glaze in oils to render the final image. I feel the final results are portraits that not only convey the liquid essence I desired, but also give the viewer a better understanding of the true nature of each subject. By understanding the feeling, or emotion I am trying to depict in these portraits, you too, dear reader, will become more fluid, flowing and self confident.

To see more about the influences visit their webpage on my site at;

http://www.louismarkoya.com/influences