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Follow @abelarts for all kinds of studio pics, art in progress, giveaways and the occasional rant about the trials and tribulations of being a full-time artist. Here’s a few of the latest from our feed:

I’m about to check the F out for 4 days. Boys tr

I’m about to check the F out for 4 days. Boys trip. Van full of boards and booze and food and camp gear and a few special items that shall not be disclosed here. There still has to be a little mystery in this world, damn it. Let us pray for surf and smokeless skies. You know what I’m lookin’ forward to? Arriving back at camp after gorging on waves all day, sliding an ice cold beer right into a thick foam koozie, cracking the thing open and tasting a little bit of that sea salt crust stuck to the hair on my upper lip as I take that first delicious bubbly swig and settle in for a dirty camp cooking feast! Maaaan! Umm umm ummm. Ocean beard crust + beer! Those are the little joys in life. And if the surf gods bless us this week with a few clean tubes, we’ll be the happiest of crusty campers. Let the roaring 40’s continue on!

“Mystic Monday” canvas print with Espresso wood float frame.

Happy Sunday. Searching for some of these next wee

Happy Sunday. Searching for some of these next week...

I turned 40 years old a couple days ago... and I f

I turned 40 years old a couple days ago... and I felt at least 50 the morning after. 🎂🍾🍺🥃🍸🍻🍹🍶🥂 Things learned in the last year: Mid-life crisis are real. Parenthood is relentless. 2020 was falsely advertised. If I don’t have an art studio, I’m a grumpy asshole. My wife is the better parent. Don’t ever move 4 times with 2 toddlers during a pandemic. How viruses work. I should have started mountain biking 20 years ago. I am not the type of person who should ever buy a house that needs to be remodeled. I like hugging people more than I thought. Mezcal is basically the Scotch of Tequila. I can still make a living from my art during the apocalypse.... and the list goes on.
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This painting is appropriately titled “Washed Up 1” 👴🏻

Thx to @archimedesgallery in Cannon Beach, OR for

Thx to @archimedesgallery in Cannon Beach, OR for finding a home for this original, “Pacific Patchwork 1” 24x24in. Archimedes is my premier and top selling gallery. They carry a full range of my small paper prints, framed canvas prints and originals. They’ve sold so much of my art it makes my head spin. So stoked to have them be a big part of my career growth over the last few years. No matter what I hear people say about how the internet has made galleries obsolete, they continue to be a crucial part of my business model and the amount of people who discover my work through galleries is so valuable. In art, the more eyeballs you have on your work, the more work you sell. Simple equation, but hard to do in reality. So thanks to all my galleries and shops who support my art and share it with their corner of the world. ✌️
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/// #cannonbeach #artgallery #oregonartist #pnwartist #pnwart #haystackrock #archimedesgallery #pnwsurf #surfart #surfpainting #surfartist #coldwatersurf

Maaaaan I need to work on my speaking skills and g

Maaaaan I need to work on my speaking skills and general cheerfulness on camera but hey, better than no video at all! Stoked on this collab belt for @arcadebelts to benefit @savethewavescoalition. 10% of every belt purchase goes straight to Save The Waves to help them organize and fight to protect coastlines around the world. These things are super comfy and awesome with just the right amount of stretch. You can grab one at arcadebelts.com✌️✌️✌️✌️

Detail view of “Palm Life”. There are few bett

Detail view of “Palm Life”. There are few better sounds than warm trade winds blowing through palm fronds. And few better smells than that sweet, salty, tropical ocean air. Available as paper or canvas prints in my Shop.

Happy Global Magic Mushroom Day 9/20! 🍄🌎🙃

Happy Global Magic Mushroom Day 9/20! 🍄🌎🙃
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I owe a lot to these special little fungi fruits. They have provided mind and life expansion over the course of 20+ years. Not to mention amazing artistic inspiration. And they continue to help me evaluate life from a different and deeper perspective. #thankyouplantmedicine
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Exploring ones own consciousness, with natural substances that grow out of the earth, should be completely 100% legal. The fact that it currently is not legal in the USA, means that we are not free. Shame on those in support of it remaining illegal. Those people are not allowed to say this is a free country.
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Oregon has the Psilocybin Program Initiative on the ballot this year. Measure 109. Voting YES authorizes a program to allow licensed providers to give patients psilocybin mushrooms. This program would undoubtably provide even more valuable data showing the extreme benefits of psilocybin for treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and end-of-life trauma as well as providing general well-being in all people... simply magic! This can pave the way for complete decriminalization. Have a nice day! 🙃
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This is the “Wyld Rituals” series I painted for a show at @archimedesgallery. The first image here is the only one still available. Acrylic and colored pencils on wood with reclaimed wood frame. 16x16in. $1100. Contact the gallery if you want to adopt. ✌️
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/// #920 #magicmushroomday #shroomday #mushroomart #mushroomprint #shroomart #trippyart #midcenturymodernart #mushroomsforthemasses #freeyourmind #tripreport #bamboopaper #voteyeson109 #oregonpsilocybinsociety #psilocybintherapy #psychedelic #psychedelicart #plantmedicine

Nice little grouping of my work from the good folk

Nice little grouping of my work from the good folks at @nelsons.meat.fish in Phoenix, AZ. ✌️

Follow the Abel Arts Page on Facebook. Word on the street is, there’s going to be some Facebook Follower giveaways this year :)