atively with strong roots in German =xpressionism, inspired by artists such as Die Brucke (Emil Nolde, Ernst =udwig Kircshner, Karl Smith-Rottluff), Oscar Kokoschka, Egon Shiele, =ate Kollwitz, George Rouault, Chaim Soutine, Francis Bacon and =arlene Dumas. Artist Tom Sachs recommended Trudie's art at a dinner