Professional artists and craftspeople that I highly respect and admire:

Kendall Murakami Designs - Silversmith, jewelry, sculpture
Peachcult - Oil paintings, mixed media, jewelry
Rosalie Rushing (Adams) - Acrylic, illustrations
David Mayerhofer - Photographry
Amy Perrotti – Fine Digital Designs
Nina Kuriloff – Unique Colored Pencil
Richard Cutshall – Personal Mythology, Paintings, Drawings
Ascender Rises Above – various fine art mediums
Robert Redus - non-representational process painting
PD Rearick – Photography
Frances Seward – Abstract Photography
Ligia Bouton – Fiber Arts, Mixed Media, Installation Arts
Christopher Klingler – Outsider / Pop Art
Paula Mondoy/Scott – Printmaking, Fine Art
Custom Japanese Calligraphy – Japanese Sumi-e calligraphy.
Damien Spencer – Photography
Eye Pop Art – Recycle Art, Mandalas
Phoenix Forrester – Recycle Art
Kopelov Cut Stone – Hand-carved sculpture, stonework
Leslie Ayers - oils, photography, sketchwork
Arturo Araujo - Printmaking, ceramics
Karsten Creightney - Printmaking, painting
Peter Marcus - Printmaking
Shaurya Kumar - Printmaking, painting, new media

More::
Chuck Close
Mapplethorpe
Fu Yi Yao
Shiro Kuramata
Jen Stark

(other cool stuff)
The Voice of Tea
Aspiring Taoist
True Tao.org
Tao Teh Ching – translated by Stephen Mitchell
Knitting Interrupted – knitting, humor, writing, commentary

Ren Adams draws on a wide range of artists, traditions, and techniques for professional fuel.

Individual Artists who have heavily influenced her work include (in no particular order):
William Kentridge, Han Gan, Ning Yeh, Ma Yuan, Hung Liu, Giovanni Piranesi, Peter Marcus, Shitao, Claude Lorrain, Li Lung Mien, Chu Tuan, Ni Tsan, Fu Yi Yao, Elizabeth Peyton, Dennis Olson, Yuji Hiratsuka, Yoshitaka Amano, Shaurya Kumar, Arturo Araujo, Shen Zhou, Paul Cezanne, Howard Pyle, Charles Demuth, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Qi Baishi, Wen Cheng Ming, Dai Jin, Leslie Ayres, Jim Dine, David Roberts, Gaspar David Friedric, Matthew Ritchie, Wassily Kandinsky, Atul Dodiya, Anselm Kiefer.

Art Movements / Spectrums:
Historical painting and printmaking of China, India, Tibet, Japan, Nepal, Persia, Korea, Egypt.
Indian & Persian miniature painting.
Romanticism, Neoclassicism, German Expressionism, Expressionism.
Historical Roman, Etruscan, Theran, Minoan, Greek forms.
Art of the ancient world, including Babylon, Assyria, and Akkadia.
Spiritual and sacred art of Taoism, Ch'an  Buddhism, Zen, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Confucianism, Shinto.
Cave and grotto paintings. Ancient frescoes.

My original work is currently in hundreds of private collections, across the globe.
Please see my current CV for my list of Public Collections.