RIPPLE Event Video & Pics

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!

  Part of my installation...

I actually brought a bag of rocks from the Oregon coast on the airplane so I could stick them on the wall, it came out pretty rad...

Live painting I did on Saturday...

Me with Mr. Art Whino himself, Shane Pomajambo...

The Okoto kids, Joe and Amy came down from NJ (what a barrel of fun they are!), and that's Julie from Surfrider DC who happened to bust her arse for this event...

O Susannah of Art Whino, this girl works her ass off too...

The silent auction had some great items...

Good shot from artist James Walker...

These last few pics pretty much sum up the rest of Saturday night, who knew a case of Twin Fin wine and a grassy knoll could be so much fun? ...

You can check out all my work from the show HERE and if you're interested, contact Art Whino to see what's still available.