Abdiel Beltran
“Propagation” Oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite on canvas, 30”x40” 2019 
“29,10,4,3,8” Acrylic, watercolor, pastel on canvas, 48”x60” 2018 
“Desert Lunar Eclipse” Oil, acrylic, pastel on canvas, 36" x 48" 2019 
“6,10,3,7,5,4” Pastel, watercolor, acrylic on canvas, 36”x48” 2018 
Everything Beyond Us” Pastel, watercolor, acrylic on canvas 48”x60” 2019 
“2,0,7,33,22,3” 48”x60” Acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and micro glass beads on canvas, 48”x60” 2018 
“55,13, 55,13,3,5,33,2” charcoal, acrylic, graphite, watercolor, pastel on canvas, 36" x 48” 2018 
“Venus in the First House” oil, acrylic, pastel on canvas, 36”x48” 2017 
”Ritmo Echeveria” acrylic, watercolor, pastel on canvas, 36” x 48” 2017 
”Xylem", acrylic, pastel, and glitter on canvas, 36" x 48” 2018
Instagram: @abdielbeltran_
Website: www.abdielbeltran.com
Abdiel Beltrán (b.1996) is a first-generation Mexican-American painter living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is currently completing his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at the University of New Mexico.
His work primarily consists of non-representational imagery and utilizes painting as a form to interrupt everyday life. His search to find an interruption is enhanced when he leaves the studio and paints in natural spaces. He recreates and re-screens layers of paint and often finds himself wanting to translate what it means and looks like to "let go". For example, painting non-figuratively en plein air allows him to experience a sense of liberation – typically manifested as gestures and letting the subtleties of the details matter.
This process creates a dialogue between letting go while developing the tangible characteristics of painting through layers of marks, color and re-worked imagery. The results document a relationship between the restrictions that come from ordinary life and pushing boundaries as a form to find a sense of freedom within. He invites the viewer to not search for a narrative but to be curious instead.
