Welcome to the Website of artist and designer Erik Nelson
Erik Nelson is a fourth-generation Norwegian-American artist following his
Mother, Veandra Marie Soma-Nelson, his Grandfather, John Soma, and
Great Grandfather, Thorwald Soma (Some), of Norway.
At this site, you can view art that is currently in production as well as previously
completed works in oil, pencil and ink, watercolor, and other mediums such
as sculpture and cultural arts from Viking and Samurai eras, all but lost today.
In the Archives, you can see past works by Thorwald, John, and Veandra.
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Oil on Canvas, 5 x 8 in.
NOTE: This painting was stolen from an art exhibition in Washington, DC.,
during the summer of 2005. If anyone sees this painting, please let me know.
