Inspiration?

Recently, I partook in a workshop in Firestation Studios, Dublin. A question was put to all participants; who's work are we inspired by?
Rothko, Rothko and more Rothko... He's my painting guru.

My second piece I thought of for the workshop was Matisse's 'The Red Studio' painting. I was thinking about it in relation to my 'Blue Studio Project Berlin', where I developed a series of photographs of an installation that I lived in for two months.