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“These sly paintings conjure cartoons, found signage, and modern hieroglyphs, and tie them together with lusciously patinated surfaces.” Kathryn M. Davis for ARTnews. Click here to read.

New American Paintings, Publisher’s pick, June 7, 2012. “Bluntly rendered, the work is textured with ghostly pentimenti, the hint of submerged words bleeding through a milky layered ground.” Click here for Review.

“Nelson’s work is at once urban and rustic, unsettling and folksy—reminiscent of San Francisco’s Mission School in the ’90s.” Rani Molla. Click here to read.

SITE Santa Fe: a non-profit contemporary arts organization based in Santa Fe. “Site Unseen ’13” art auction. Click here to read.

Whacked, Nonplussed1, and Punch n’ Judy are featured at the 2012 TCA Biennial.   Click here for Review.