Painters:
John Singer Sargent, El Lizzitsky, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Albers.

Music:
Classical Piano, especially Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin & Rachmaninov.

Literature:
Goethé’s Faust, Ayn Rand, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, & Kurt Vonnegut.

Cinema:
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, George Lucas’ THX 1138, David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, and Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal Tap

Sports:
Auto racing such as Formula 1, Indy Car and vintage open wheelers and sports cars.

History:
Military history especially battleships and railway artillery. Art history including advertising and poster design. Geneology.

Miniatures:
Scale replicas of ships, exotic sports cars, armoured vehicles and sci-fi/fantasy.

Comic Books:
Silver Age classics and modern masters such as Bernie Wrightson, Frank Miller and Richard Corben.