News from Nelson Makes Art!

Celebrate 1st Anniversary of Making Surf Wall Art! Join us Friday, July 28th as Nelson will be painting LIVE the second in the Tiki Adventure Series! Additionally, as it's our 1st Anniversary of making surf wall art and taking you on mental vacations full time, we'll be holding a huge 1st Anniversary Sale!  If you've wanted an original Nelson art...

If you ever go look at my Holiday Cards, you'll see I've done quite a few over the years.  That's actually just a small portion of the cards I've painted - there has to be over a hundred. Sadly, most of them just never got scanned or photographed for one reason or another.  They came from a time when resourcefulness...

Surf Wall Art Podcast Where I have a very open and honest talk about the journey I took to get to where I am today.  How did I start?  What led me down this path?  Who makes the best Mai Tai?  (Just kidding we all know who that is...it's me.) Check out the full podcast here, and let me know...

Where does my inspiration come from?   Easy.  Rainbow space magic. Okay it's not rainbow space magic. It's from wanting you to experience a full, rich, and rewarding life. One that is full of adventure, fun and travel!  So much of my inspiration for this comes from traveling to fantastic, exotic places and capturing the way they feel through paint....

December 14th, 2015 - We were through the crazy, holiday rush of orders, and things were just starting to slow down. As an online art business, I've found that the first week or two after Thanksgiving is insane, then there's a lull, then it picks up again the day or so before Christmas.  So when I woke up that Monday...