Jun 25, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min · 15 segments
There is people who make art. There is people who make art that make other people think. Then there is a rarified group of artists that make other artists question their questions about questioning…
Max LupoGuest
Sean William DawsonHostNow, my biggest influences in my work, number one would be Robert Rauschenberg, the artist, the New York artist.
If you look at his work, you can definitely see the influence in my work.
He's the guy who invented Spawn, a comic book artist mainly known for drawing Spider-Man back in the day.
I just think overall he's one of, if not the greatest artists to ever live on this planet.
I was realizing, you know, when you're serious about a career, it's much like a landscape.
And any, you know, in any life or any work of art, you have those three things.
Like in the foreground, you have your influences, like the three I just spoke, you know, what I just spoke about.
The middle ground is like how those influences, you know, actually influence what you do.
And you're starting to see the bigger picture, right? You don't quite know where they're going to land, but it's a little less defined, but you still have definition.
And then you have the background, the things that you aspire for, the things that are off in the distance, right? And a lot of people would argue that background isn't that important, right? And I disagree.
I think background is an extremely important thing in one's life, also in a work of art.
If you paint something on a blank canvas, that background is extremely important to the focal point.
Or if you say paint on a bed sheet or wallpaper, that background brings a different aspect or a different feel to the work.
Now, my biggest influences in my work, number one would be Robert Rauschenberg, the artist, the New York artist.
If you look at his work, you can definitely see the influence in my work.
He's the guy who invented Spawn, a comic book artist mainly known for drawing Spider-Man back in the day.
I just think overall he's one of, if not the greatest artists to ever live on this planet.
I was realizing, you know, when you're serious about a career, it's much like a landscape.
And any, you know, in any life or any work of art, you have those three things.
Like in the foreground, you have your influences, like the three I just spoke, you know, what I just spoke about.
The middle ground is like how those influences, you know, actually influence what you do.
And you're starting to see the bigger picture, right? You don't quite know where they're going to land, but it's a little less defined, but you still have definition.
And then you have the background, the things that you aspire for, the things that are off in the distance, right? And a lot of people would argue that background isn't that important, right? And I disagree.
I think background is an extremely important thing in one's life, also in a work of art.
If you paint something on a blank canvas, that background is extremely important to the focal point.
Or if you say paint on a bed sheet or wallpaper, that background brings a different aspect or a different feel to the work.
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