I’m in Taipei, networking with some big shot artists… hoping to hook up an exhibition in Taipei next year! Here’s some of the stuff I’m working on. Finishing up a lot of portraits right now, but have some larger surreal pieces ready to go next.

“Handwich” 手明治- 20″x24″- Oil on Canvas, 2005 Western male hungrily attacks a sandwich, blind his own preservation. Excess hunger and greed will lead to destruction of self, cautions a wise Eastern ascetic from a poster behind him. 手明治－西方國家的男性沒有自我保護的判斷能力，飢渴地要吃三明治。在他背後一張海報上的東方苦行智者則告誡道，過度飢餓和貪心會帶來自我毀滅。 Oil on Canvas Surrealism Oil Painting by Derek Murphy www.derekmurphyart.com

I wish painting were as easy as drawing… I’ve bought several dozen canvases and have mapped out about 20 new paintings. I have ideas for a dozen more. Not particularly brilliant ideas, although there are a few gems in the bunch. I’m doing a lot of portraits, for fun and practice, including this one (the girl and her dog) on commission. All for this Spring’s NCKU exhibition; although I’ve got to finish writing my Harry Potter thesis first!