Some of my Formative Influences (a very partial list!)

Artists
Samuel Palmer, William Blake, David Jones, Cecil Collins, Chagall, Klee, Matisse, Bonnard, Max Ernst, Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Ken Kiff, Prehistoric cave artists.

Illustrators
Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Pauline Baynes, Edward Ardizzone, Maurice Sendack, Chloe Cheese, Carolyn Gowdy, Cathy Felstead, Chris Corr, Brian Froud, Stasys Eidrigevicius and other Polish graphic artists.

Formative Books and Authors
Narnia Chronicles, Tolkien, Alice, Gormenghast Trilogy, Joan Aiken, Carlos Castaneda, Angela Carter, Moon Over Water, Women who Run with the Wolves, Tarot, Tao Te Ching.

Music
Celtic music, Soul music, World music, John Lennon, Incredible String Band, early Tyrannosaurus Rex, Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Vivaldi.

Films
The Draughtsman's Contract, La Strada, Orphee, Into the West, American Grafitti, Quay Brothers, Jan Svankmajer and other Eastern European animators.