Favourite Visual Artist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Moreau, An odd dozen Russian Realists
Favourite Movies
Character-driven 3 hour+ Epics: Zhivago, La Reine Margot, Kingdom of Heaven
Favourite TV Shows
Period piece serial dramas: Rome, The Tudors, Spartacus, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
From 70's Metal to Classical across to Traditional/Regional .. It's a mood & passion thing.
Favourite Books
Epics! & Epics! (Historical Fiction & Non) .. Most well crafted words, however, keep me turnin' pages.
Favourite Writers
Cervantes, Melville, Vasily Grossman, Loren Eiseley & Cormac McCarthy
Favourite Games
Historical and/or Strategy Inspired
Favourite Gaming Platform
Retro'
Tools of the Trade
Most any tool I can hope to master that will help get impressions and intentions out of my head.
Other Interests
Where we've been, as a species, until now .. and where we might yet go. Sharing thoughts about this with like-minded mad souls. ~ The Human face is my fetish .. so portraits in near any medium. But, ah!.. the feminine form also wets my brush and often.