Rowan's Presentation Artists
James Valerio (the living artist I like who influences my work):
http://www.artnet.com/artist/17010/james-valerio.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_1_92/ai_112131281
Ivan Albright (the dead artist I like who influences my work):
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus40b.htm
Jenny Saville (the living artist I like whose work doesn't influence mine):
http://www.brain-juice.com/cgi-bin/show_bio.cgi?p_id=77
http://www.picsearch.com/pictures/celebrities/artists%20and%20painters/artists%202/jenny%20saville.html
Francis Bacon (the dead artist I like whose work doesn't influence mine):
http://www.leninimports.com/francis_bacon_bio.html
Robert Ryman (the living artist whose work I don't like):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ryman