Hello Hive account@drew! You aren't by ANY chance relate to a Ralph?! I love your work, do you use palette knives or brushes - the colors, use of texture through the way you attack the canvas with your strokes and bold color is really stunning. This captured my attention immediately - I have followed you and I really look forward to seeing more of your paintings. I do a lot of graphic design and digital painting now, but I grew up classically trained as a painter and oil is one of my most favorite mediums! I used to like to start with an acrylic underpainting then build layers of thin oils on top. Its finally summer here in North Carolina and warm enough to set up on my back porch with my oils to help with the ventilation - this inspires me to get my stuff out and get to painting :)