Earlier Work

"Influenced by American folk artists such as Bill Traylor and Simon Rodia, Nelson adds a cogent postmodern twist that transforms an outsider sensibility into conceptual, text-influenced works. His paintings, drawings, sculptures, and videos all provoke a zany delight and deliver a punch with their playful pictorials, thus leading the viewer into Nelson’s own paradoxically jokey view of the universe." THE, Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine of and for the Arts.