FLUIR Magazine Feature :: Oct 2010 Issue

Just got a hefty envelope in the mail today and it turned out to be a few copies of this months issue of FLUIR, a top Brazilian surf rag.  I was asked to contribute a few images for this issues artist section.  Stoked...

Last Ride Illustration :: Surfing Magazine :: Oct 2010

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Recently did an illustration for Surfing Magazines Last Ride section, October issue.  It's for a little story about the gulf oil spill.  Glad that disgusting thing isn't leaking anymore.  And a thanks to Scott Chenoweth for the art direction.

My interview with: Liquid Salt Magazine

I did an interview with the good folks at Liquid Salt. Read it HERE.

Artwork for International Surfing Day 2010

Surfing Magazine and The Surfrider Foundation's
6th Annual International Surfing Day

I was recently contacted by Surfing Mag to create the artwork for this years poster, ads and banners. Go grab the new issue of Surfing Mag and check out the spread. Also take a look at the little interview Surfing Mag did about this >>HERE<<

High quality prints of the original artwork are now available >>HERE<<

10 Page Spread in TIDE Magazine

Check out this interview/article I did with German surf magazine TIDE (Yes, I said GERMAN surf magazine) for their Nov 2009 issue.

Sorry, I don't have the translation.... interesting questions though. And I thought they did a pretty good job laying it out...

>> DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE (690 KB) <<

My interview with: Okoto

The good people at Okoto just put up a short but sweet little interview we did. Click >>HERE<< to read it and don't forget to snag something from their stellar apparel line. They're some of the coolest people you'll ever meet.

My interview with: Club Of The Waves

When it comes to surf culture, surf artists, surf photographers, surfing forums, surfing debates or surfing anything, Club Of The Waves.com is the place to go. I've been a featured artist on COTW for a while now and have made some great contacts through the site as well as discovered A TON of really great artists and photographers. Take a gander... but don't blame me if you lose the next 2-3 hours to a computer screen!

I recently did a tasty little interview with COTW. Click >>HERE<< to check it out.

ERIK ABEL JOINS ARTSPROJEKT!!!

The time has come to officially launch my ARTSPROJEKT store/Art Laboratory! The brains of the operation, Andy Howell (Artist and former pro-skater) recently invited me to be a part of the AP family. Pretty stoked to be amongst some of my favorite artists! (Shepard Fairy/Obey, Mars-1, Erik Otto, DALEK, Jim Phillips, Ekundayo)

I've spent the last month putting together artwork and graphics for a basic product line of high quality prints/posters, shirts, hats, buttons, skateboard decks and other paraphernalia. And the line will constantly be expanding. The genius of ARTSPROJEKT is it's print-on-demand platform... a product is made only when it's ordered. Customers can customize most products too, ie- shirt style and color, print size, paper or canvas, framed or not. Artists don't have to worry about overhead, production, inventory or shipping... hallelujah! This means you can expect a constant flow of new products regardless of where I am in the world. Let's say it together now... AWESOME!

Be sure to join my newsletter so you'll be notified of special products I'll be offering only for a limited time.

So, check out what I've got in the store, get yourself a shirt and a few prints or a birthday present for the old lady(or old man) Currently I have 20 posters, a dozen shirts and loads of hats, buttons, mouse pads, mugs, skateboard decks and other various items to choose from.

GO TO MY ARTSPROJEKT STORE >>

There's also a little >>INTERVIEW<< I did for the AP blog.

For the complete low down on ARTSPROJEKT, Read the Press Release.

Oxbow Artworks Artist

French surf company Oxbow (Laird Hamilton is their big rider) had me do some graphics for their upcoming Spring, Summer and Fall lines as one of the artists for the Oxbow Artworks line. Each artist gets a hang tag with a short bio and website plug, pretty cool. The site has a few graphics from the spring and summer line on it right now... check it out HERE.

Art Featured in Surfing Magazine - Nov08 Vol.44 #11

"The Cypress" featured in the Last Ride section.


They also used one of my "Flat Earth" sculptures I made for the Global Storming show as the section header throughout the mag, word on the street is the next issue will also be using a different one.

Special thanks to Scott Chenoweth @ Surfing Mag for making this happen!

Erik Abel on Current TV

Stoked to be included as one of the artists interviewed for Current TV! Brandon Bloch came down to the Ripple event in DC while I was setting up and took some video... he also picked up a painting, thanks buddy! The video came out great despite the fact that I speak in a boring monotone voice the entire time, what a dork. I encourage you to leave a comment on the Current TV site about the video. Be nice.

NEW BOOK: INVISION 2

Helloooo... for those of you who have been wanting to purchase the new book featuring me along with 11 other Portland artists, you can purchase directly from Another Sky Press. They've got a good thing going on; they charge you the price it costs them to print and ship to you and you can choose however much additional money you want to contribute beyond that, whatever you think is fair, kind of an honor system type thing I guess. I'm very pleased with how the book came out.

Get your copy right..... >>>HERE<<<

Vans Cover Contest Plug in Surfer Magazine

Sometimes you just submit something for the hell of submitting something and sometimes it pays off, in this case, the recent Vans Cover Contest where people can upload a picture or graphic and customize a fake cover for Surfer Magazine. I was just putzing around checking out the contest website and looking at everyones covers and decided to take about 15 seconds and pop in one of my recent paintings, never thought about it again... next thing I know my cover gets a little shot in the mag and an email asking for my address so Vans can send me a free backpack, pair of sandals and a shirt, as well as entering me for a chance at winning cash and the grand prize. Sweeet!

Plug from Jaimal Yogis

There are a few nice words about my art over on the blog of Jaimal Yogis. He's an award winning Journalist and photographer who currently lives in San Francisco. He's also releasing a book next year, "Saltwater Buddha: A Surfers Quest to Find Zen on the Sea"

:: FEATURED COVER ART FOR ODDICA MAGAZINE #6 ::

Stoked to have Oddica feature my piece, "Listening to the Storm" on the cover of their digital magazine.

Download it HERE and take a gander at some great art by a bunch of great artists. The file is about 4 MB's.

Also, if you haven't checked out my shirt I designed for Oddica, HERE is your chance. They are having a super holiday sale as well. $13 SHIRTS!!!

PDX Magazine feature on "Urban Smile" Show

PDX Magazine just released their December issue with a nice preview/feature on me and the "Urban Smile" group show at Brian Marki Fine Art here in Portland.

Nice Plug from BCVA

Nice little plug from art consultant and connoisseur, Ben Capozzi on his news feed...

November plug on www.BenCapozzi.com

and,

Plug way back in July on www.BenCapozzi.com

Thanks Ben!

Plugs for Global Storming show on Vinyl Pulse

Vinyl Pulse had a nice little plug and preview of the Global Storming Show...

Plug on Vinyl Pulse

and

Preview on Vinyl Pulse

Juxtapoz Magazine #80 - Global Storming

Juxtapoz Magazine featured the Global Storming Show at Thinkspace on their events page in issue #80. Stoked!