DEEP Mag Article
Stoked to be featured in the April 2016 issue of DEEP magazine. Check it out HERE.
New Screen Print “Humpy”
Here's our latest print. "Humpy" the Humpback Whale is an 18x24 inch, 2-color screen print on French Paper's recycled Speckletone paper. Complete with little flecks and specks of organic goodness to bring it all down to earth. You may be saying "I see 3 colors not 2!" Well you're correct. Except, that small patch of metallic isn't screen printed, it's hand stamped using a light golden ink that was made with real gold from [...]
Life Is A Wave / 10th Anniversary
Stoked to be asked to create the artwork for the Life is a Wave event again this year. Big green wave, sunset over the SF skyline, celebrating the 10th Anniversay of this annual fundraising event for Save The Waves. G Love and Special Sauce are playing this year and there is word around the campfire I may be live painting at the event (No Promises!) If you are in the SF area [...]
World Surf Reserve / Gold Coast / Australia
Here's the new 12"x18" poster I created for the World Surf Reserve - Gold Coast in Australia. Gold Coast is the 8th Reserve worldwide and was dedicated on March 8th, 2016. Posters available for $20 at SaveTheWaves.org. Or get the whole set of 5 for a discount. You purchase helps Save The Waves protect valuable coastlines and communities around the world. Check it out HERE.
Artist Residence at Prana
"Float" 18x24in, Acrylic, marker, colored pencil on wood panel. Erik Abel 2016 My eyeball was on fire. That's what it felt like. It was pitch black, I couldn't hear a sound and I was floating in a puddle of warm water with about 800 pounds of epson salt dissolved into it. That much salt and that little water made it thick and slippery... and very irritating if it made [...]
New 8×10 Print “Northern Sol”
As part of my new year resolution, I've cleared out the web store and discontinued all my best selling prints. My bank account is currently showing me the stupidity of that decision, but all good things must come to an end. So this year I'm going to be focused on releasing something new each month that's only available for a short period of time. This is the January print "Northern Sol", it's [...]
World Surfing Reserve Prints for Save the Waves.org
ERIK ABEL LAUNCHES WORLD SURF RESERVE PRINTS TO BENEFIT SAVE THE WAVES Artist Erik Abel has designed a series of prints featuring famed global surf breaks to benefit coastal conservation nonprofit Save The Waves. Abel, who is an Artist Ambassador for Save The Waves, designed a series of prints commemorating the four most recent World Surf Reserves that Save The Waves has protected through their programs. Each print features [...]
New Limited Edition Prints on Wood Panels
Along with our publisher, we are proud to offer these 6 awesome and vibrant Limited Edition prints on wood panels. These are the same cradled wood panels Abel creates his original paintings on. They are made right here in Oregon from sustainably managed forests and are the best quality we could find. The panels are hand-primed and hand-sanded prior to printing and an additional UV coating is applied for protection. Each print is numbered and hand-signed by Erik Abel and [...]
10th Annual Surf Art Show
I'll have a bunch of new original paintings as well as my new Limited Edition prints on wood at this years Annual Surf Art Show at Wyland Gallery, Haleiwa, HI. on the North Shore of Oahu. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it in person this year. Sad face. Check it out if you happen to be there... and drink a Mai Tai for me. WHAT: 10th Annual Surf [...]
Archimedes Gallery: Stormy Weather Show
We'd like to welcome our newest gallery, Archimedes in Cannon Beach, Oregon. They will be displaying the first of our new Limited Edition prints on wood that have not been officially released yet. We also dropped off a ton of matted prints... a few one-of-a-kinds in the mix too. This weekend is the Stormy Weather Show for a group of Cannon Beach galleries. Hop on down there if you are [...]