Nathan Abels

Since this blog is called Postcards from Colorado, I am happy to be writing about a talented Denverite. Yesterday Nathan Abels, a 28 year-old Denver artist wrote to me. I have enjoyed visiting both his website and his blog, and will spend more time there. His body of work is impressive and beautiful, including paintings, drawings and fantastic aerial photos, which inspire his realist pieces. And he is now offering a limited edition print of his intricate, seemingly abstract (but then so real) drawing "Two Roofs" here.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. The image size is 7.5x7.5" and there is a white border to allow for framing. Each is $39, and there are only 50 in the edition.

Abels's work is primarily landscape-based and representational, mostly having to do with human habitat. From a review of his recent show at the Rule Gallery in Denver: "The themes [in Abels's work] have consistently been space and place related. Open spaces, quiet places, and a sense of uneasiness and mysterious origins permeate his images, be they of houses based off of aerial photographs, or a lone burning barrel at night. When asked about the quietness of his images, Abels said, 'Everything else is noisy enough. I suppose my work acts as some kind of balance. In a lot of ways I think I can make work more real or honest when it is quieter.'” I will enjoy seeing his work in person when we can sneak away to Denver again. From his body of work:"Deciduous""Not Light, But Darkness Visible""Run On Sentence""Indiana""Without Haste, But Without Rest"

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And some aerial photos...
Definitely go take a look.