Ocean and surf-inspired artist gets abstract and talks parenting, entrepreneurship, inspiration, and the hustle of the art world. Oregon based artist Erik Abel is highly recognized in the surf industry. His work is bold, geometric, and inspired largely by the Pacific Northwest and South Pacific and Central America and beach culture. His latest pursuit is…
A chat between an artist and writer about navigating creativity, business and parenting and all the stresses and mental-health challenges that go along with it. I’ve known my Dan Blank since high school. We were two of the weird artsy kids in a typical cacophony of personalities and teenaged egos. We re-connected a decade ago…
An in-depth interview with Seatle Based Artist and Designer, Peter Robinson. I had the pleasure of having a conversation with Artist and Designer Peter Robinson, better known around the world as “Ten Hundred” ). He specializes in bright, colorful, imaginative character work which has been exhibited in iconic global art hubs as Seattle, Portland, Denver,…
Lockdown, week 3. A reflection on one of my paintings that seems very relevant now during quarantine. I painted this piece during a rough patch. I say patch because it feels like sometimes in life you just need something or someone to fix or cover up the leak in the ship. I’ve always been a…