Collages by Cheryl Molnar

Niagra Town, 24" x 36", oil, paper on wood panel, 2009

Grand Canyon, 24" x 36", oil, paper on wood panel, 2009

Industrial Park, 14" x 10", oil, paper on wood panel, 2009

Cheryl Molnar

Victorian revival

Victorian revival - Lifestyles - News & Observer

Ross Racine

These "digital drawings" by Ross Racine were found at but does it float. They closely resemble a lot of the aerial photos I've taken personally, although his are composed digitally without photos.

Subdivision; Highland Farms, 15 3/8"x 20 1/2", 2006

Aerial photo by Nathan Abels

Subdivision; Goldenwood Shores, 15 3/8"x 20 1/2", 2009

Aerial photo by Nathan Abels

Subdivision; North of Prospect Gardens, 15 3/8"x 20 1/2", 2007

Aerial photo by Nathan Abels

Architectural Stutter

by Léon Krier - found at gemeinschaft

see also:

Bill Amundson, "What Our New Home Thinks"

New Print Available - "Two Roofs" by Nathan Abels

I am pleased to announce that there is a new print of my work available now through POVevolving. I can personally attest to the quality of this print. It's printed on thick, high-quality Crane Museo Max 365gsm paper using archival pigmented inks. Each print comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity - signed by yours truly. The image size is 7.5x7.5" and there is a white border to allow for framing. There are only 50 in the edition, and they're priced very affordably ($39) so get one while they last.

Prints by Christopher Pratt

Christopher Pratt, Winter Moon, 1987, colour serigraph on Rising Museum board, 52.9 x 101.5 cm; image: 38 x 87.5 cm
Christopher Pratt, Light Northeast, 1979, colour serigraph on illustration board, 50.6 x 50.4 cm; image: 38 x 43.7 cm

Christopher Pratt, Good Friday,1973, colour serigraph on illustration board, 66 x 72.2 cm; screen: 50.8 x 58.2 cm

New Work

here's the painting I just finished titled, "Left". Acrylic on Panel, 24x36", 2008.

for a little background on the progress of this piece, check out this post. You can also get a bit of an idea of the editing process I go through from photo to painting. This piece will be a part of the RMCAD "Paralleled III" exhibition opening September 5th.

Busy Busy

I've been blogging a little less lately trying to finish up a painting. It's based off of this photo:

And I thought there were elements of this image that reminded me of some of of my favorite abstractionists. For example, look at the fence section at the bottom of the image - it reminds me of a Agnes Martin grid or one of Frank Stella's monochromatic striped compositions:

Agnes Martin

Frank Stella (detail) photo by B-Mer

And I thought the roof sections reminded me of a Robert Motherwell painting - this may be a little more of a stretch or more difficult to see, but I've blurred the photo to make it more pronounced:

more blurred:

cropped in:

Robert MotherwellRobert Motherwell

I know it does not look just like a Motherwell, but I think the roof has a similar visual rhythm. Well that's what I see anyway...

Far Off

photo by Nathan Abels

For my few loyal readers, you may have noticed my recent interest in the "Peak Oil" problem and environmental/human habitat problems that come with it. Last Thursday I took a hike up to Loch Lomond which is outside of the town of Elizabeth, not far from Idaho Springs. We got lost trying to find the trail-head, and probably went down every dirt road in Elizabeth (which thankfully is not many). As we toured this small mountain town, we noticed that most of the town is for sale. After a while it was strange to see so many places for sale. If I had to guess I would say that approximately 75% of the properties in Elizabeth were for sale - this may be a high estimate, but it was definitely the majority of the town. I checked out the town website, which states "Many residents commute to Denver and its southern suburbs to work and shop. The Town’s future is, therefore, closely tied to the growth potentials of Colorado’s Front Range communities." With what I have read about Peak Oil, the suburban or far-off commuting town model is not sustainable without cheap fossil fuels (which are in shorter supply by the day). Then, while reading c-monster this morning, I came across this headline from the NY Times - "Fuel Prices Shift Math for Life in Far Suburbs" - and the article starts out in ...Elizabeth, Colorado of all places. Worth a read.

Experiment

I recently did a five-part spray-painted stencil with some acrylic touch-ups intended as a print edition, but it didn't turn out quite like I planned. Oh well. Here's the best one:

Two New Drawings of Mine

Nathan Abels, Untitled (Houses) Graphite on Paper, 11x10"

Nathan Abels, "Luggage Carts", Graphite on Paper, 11x10"

Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael : Landscapes

Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael. "Bentheim Castle" by 1653, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Jacob van Ruisdael "View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds"

ca. 1665 20"x25". Oil painting on canvas.

Jacob van Ruisdael, "Landscape with Church and Village"

1665-70Oil on canvas, 59,1 x 73,2 cm

Nathan Abels, "Untitled" (Contrails), 20x16" Acrylic on Panel

My friend and fellow artist Kevin Strickland informed me of the Jacob van Ruisdael and you can see the similarities between these beautiful landscapes form the late 17th Century and my recent contrail paintings.

New Job, New Photos

I started a new job today that is right up my alley doing aerial photography at Rocky Mountain Aerial Surveys. Here's a few suburban snapshots I took this afternoon.