Check out my scrapbook. The last entry/submission is a snapshot of what I've been working on for the last few months. It's still mostly underpainting. I'm planning to paint over all that is red or black/grey. There will probably be a lane at the top, flanked by pink bushes. I'd love to hear suggestions on colors for the trees, ruins, and the lane. It is loosely based on two paintings, one by Andre Derain and another by a California woman named Trice Tolle. This is my most planned-out piece, so I'm taking my time with it. Plus with school, sending off applications to UT in Austin and UW in Seattle, and looking for work... I haven't been able to paint as much as I'd like. So please check out the scrap "Candy Wood, Unfinished" and let me know what you think. There is a bit of a flash glare, but I think you should still be able to see it well enough to make suggestions.

Also, I finally got around to taking pictures of some old paintings I did on cardboard in 2006 when I was living with roll freaks and getting drunk, stoned, et cetera, practically perpetually. They are completely abstract expressionist; Untitled 5 I think is probably my first half-way decent painting. Untitled 6 is a new 4ft by 2ft piece I'm making using mostly excess paint from other paintings as well as basically all other supplies I have available. I need much better photos, sorry, haha.

Thanks a ton,
Ian