N.C. Wyeth is perhaps the most influential artist of his generation. His compositions, his uses of color, of movement, all of it is... It's like something you don't even realize you remember being amazed by as a little kid, but you find yourself drawn to recreating his imagery later on. Frank Frazetta, for example, took a lot of notes from N.C. Wyeth's sense of drama and lighting techniques. Esad Ribic also stated to me at the NYCC several years ago that the Loki mini he painted was heavily influenced by Wyeth's work (especially from "the Boy's King Arthur" and "the Legends of Charlegmane".)