Thanks Tom!

Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 pm | Posted in Press, Videos

Iron & Resin presents Freedom Riders – A group art show celebrating the “Live Free” spirit, inspired by vintage motorcycles and surfing. Featuring the photography of Scott G. Toepfer; artwork by Glenn Gravett, Erik Abel; and surfboards and resin art by Zeph Carrigg. Live music by the Phil Cody Trio.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show!  It was packed, the band was rocking and the vibe was great!

You can view all my new work for the show HERE.

Posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011 at 12:17 pm | Posted in Art Shows, Videos

Whoa!  Amazing visuals and inspiring words…

Posted on Sunday, October 10th, 2010 at 3:38 pm | Posted in Everything Else, Surfing, Videos

Christmas was great! I didn’t see one damn Christmas tree, no twinkling lights, no tacky tinsel, no paper wrapped presents or ribbons or bows, no stockings, no shitty music, no stars, no angels, no bells, no nativity scenes, no Santas, nothing… it was awsome! But I did see this…

Posted on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 5:13 am | Posted in New Zealand, Videos

Well this was most definitely a highlight of my time here… getting to swim within a few feet of mom and calve Humpbacks. Pretty unreal! They are EVERYWHERE around here at the moment, you’d have a tough time getting on a boat at any given time and not seeing a whale… or a few of them. I would highly recommend getting here at some point in life and jumping in with them, it’s one thing to see them from the surface and a completely different thing to see them in their world. Mindblowing.

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 10:18 pm | Posted in Tonga, Videos

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.

Posted on Monday, September 15th, 2008 at 5:15 pm | Posted in Press, Videos

The Ripple event went off!! June 20th was International Surfing Day and a big crowd made it out to Art Whino Gallery at the National Harbor. Almost $6,000.00 was raised for the DC Surfrider Chapter to help with a new water quality program in the area. Check out a little video from the event…

Ripple: Art Affecting Oceans @ Art Whino from Erik Abel on Vimeo.

Thanks to all the sponsors and everybody who helped make this event a success!

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Posted on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 at 7:01 am | Posted in Art Shows, Videos

Here’s a short little time lapse video of a recently commissioned piece titled “Pacifico”, inspired by a recent trip to Mexico.

Posted on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 am | Posted in Videos

Here’s a little video I threw together of the making of the Global Storming Show. Enjoy!

Posted on Friday, November 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pm | Posted in Videos