When we interviewed the awesome Devon-based surf artist Susan Claire we asked her which artists inspired her and she mentioned Erik Abel. We hadn’t heard of him but when we checked out his stuff we were fully in agreement. Erik, who hails from Ventura, California (a rad ass place to live if ever we heard it) was kind enough to let us share some of his pieces for your viewing pleasure:

And here are some rad skate designs he did for Sector 9.

For more Erik love go to abelarts.com