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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:

Whoa... found this image of a small commission fro

Whoa... found this image of a small commission from years ago. Forgot all about it. Makes me want to be somewhere in the tropics getting a few last waves before the sun goes down. 🌴🌴🌴

What is one book that has changed your life?
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“Pacific Patchwork 4” 20x20in with Espresso wood frame. Original available at Wyland Gallery in Haleiwa.

Whoa... just found one of these in a random studio

Whoa... just found one of these in a random studio box. Blast from the past.
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Also, checkout our GIVEAWAY happening this weekend. Details in previous post. ✌️

(👉👉Giveaway over! Congrats to @brandonxl_ ,

(👉👉Giveaway over! Congrats to @brandonxl_ , and thx to everybody else for spreading the word, better luck next time 🤞)
We’re stoked to be teaming up with some fellow Ventura businesses to give one lucky soul a bunch of goodies worth over $900! We’ve rounded up some sweet gear from @ironandresin including one of their Obispo flannel shirts, a trapper hat, blanket, and mug, a skate deck and $20 gift card from @revolution1996, a fin setup and swag from @roberts_surfboards, and winner's choice of a medium framed canvas print by @abelarts ⚓️🌊☀
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To enter:
1. Like this post
2. Follow @revolution1996 , @ironandresin , @roberts_surfboards , @abelarts .
3. Tag friends in the comments!
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Winner will be announced Monday 4/12. Must be 18 and have a USA mailing address to participate.
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Looking forward to making one of you happy. 😃 Thx for sharing my art.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming... “

Back to our regularly scheduled programming... “Green Palm Point” canvas print. Swipe for some details. I’m overdue for a tropical adventure. A backpack and 2-3 boards in a bag and I’m good to go just about anywhere. When you travel light and travel alone you are forced to immerse into whereever you are. The funny thing about traveling alone, is that you actually end up meeting and hanging out with waaaay more people than if you travel with a buddy or group. 🏝✈️⛵️

I don’t normally share my “other” art direct

The “Sketchy Reef” flexible wood sticker. Mad

The “Sketchy Reef” flexible wood sticker. Made with lasers.
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The title comes from a fond memory of a super magical surf session in a remote archipelago in the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. 🏝 We were sailing south on Nola from the northern Vava’u island group to the main island, Tongatapu, and were making our way through the central Ha’apai islands when we saw a few waves peeling along a random reef. ⛵️ We were able to pull around the elbow of reef and anchor for a front row view of perfect, glassy, crystal clear cylinders peeling along the reef. It looked SHALLOW as hell with lots of boils from the coral just a foot or two beneath the surface. Not a soul in sight. How many hundreds of miles away is the nearest hospital? Does our Sat phone even work? Who knows. We decided to jump in and give it a go. This was over 10 years ago and I can vividly remember my first wave... A quick turn around, a few strokes, a slight tuck and I was gliding in to a perfectly round tube of glass. The psychedelic kaleidoscope of crazy colors from the living reef were warping all over the face of the wave and I was just losing my mind. Maybe the most colorful wave of my life. With a gentle puff, the wave spit me out and my ear to ear grin was permanent for the rest of the day. 😃😃😃 Nobody got hurt. Nobody bailed. Not even a scratch. We just traded off psychedelic tubes by ourselves until the draining tide turned the playground into a death wish. Anyways, you can grab these stickers on my website. ✌️🙃
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Little illo for the front of the new “thank you” hemp envelopes that go in all print orders. ✌️

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