New Desktop Background

This was also taken up at Loch Lomond on a hike yesterday.

Rachel Whiteread - Torso

Music for Your Weekend

Cults 7" - free download at bandcamp. Fun summer music.

, originally uploaded by kateoplis.

Some flowers from Loch Lomond

These were all taken up around Loch Lomond today.

"Half-Seeing" drawing

"Half-Seeing", originally uploaded by nathanabels.

I started this before the painting, but set it aside to finish the painting and as of today - finished the drawing.

"Half-Seeing", Charcoal and Ink on Paper, 22x30"

Boy With Owl

William Degouve de Nuncques, Boy with Owl, 1892

William Degouve de Nuncques - Nocturnal Effect

William Degouve de Nuncques - Nocturnal Effect, originally uploaded by naezdok.

William Degouve de Nuncques - Nocturne in the Parc Royal, Brussels

William Degouve de Nuncques - Nocturne in the Parc Royal, Brussels, originally uploaded by naezdok.

Another new Aerial Photo

I am working on new paintings and drawings too, but nothing ready to post yet.

Film from Yellowstone

Here's some kinda dusty scans of a few of the photos we took with a plastic Diana camera and 120 film while in Yellowstone.Photos copyright Nathan Abels.

New Aerial photo

I took this photo somewhere over the front range this afternoon. Check me out:(I was wearing oxygen for a high-altitude flight)

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Albert Pinkham Ryder, The Sheepfold, Oil on Canvas, 1870

"If Bierstadt's and Moran's vistas trupeting national opportunity represent one extreme- landscape as expansive, public declaration- Ryder's small nature notes seem to have imploded, leaving a small, silent, concentrated core."

~From Albert Pinkham Ryder by Elizabeth Broun

More Matthijs Maris

Matthijs Maris

Matthijs Maris

Maris, Matthijs, Extase, Charcoal on Paper, 500 x 340 mm

This guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite 19th Century artists.

Maris, Matthijs (1839-1917) - 1887 Monumental Conception of Humanity

Maris, Matthijs (1839-1917) - 1887 Monumental Conception of Humanity (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), originally uploaded by RasMarley.

, originally uploaded by coolhandluke.

Thomas Moran in Yellowstone

While in the Mammoth Hot Springs area of Yellowstone, we went into the visitor center which now houses Thomas Moran's easel, palette, glasses and chair (pictured above). It was interesting to see the work on the easel in process.They also had several reproductions and a couple of original works by Moran.

Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1871

Back from Yellowstone

I've been in Wyoming for the last week exploring the Yellowstone area for my third time. We traveled over 1600 miles and took over 800 photos (including film - coming soon). We got some fantastic photos - some taken by me and some by Lorna - see the set below:

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a few of my personal favorites:

New Work - "Reverberation"

"Reverberation", originally uploaded by nathanabels.

Acrylic on Panel, 16x20" - for an upcoming show at Artlink gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Going on a blogging hiatus for a short bit. Be back before you know it.

Drawing by Balthus