Those words came to life immediately after Nelson graduated from Texas Christian University in 1989. One month later Erikson got in his pickup truck Landry, named after the Dallas Cowboys legendary coach, and headed up to Montana. It was outside of West Yellowstone, on Hebgen Lake, that Nelson Erikson lived in a one room log cabin, sourrounded by wilderness, for the next twelve years. When Nelson was not cutting firewood, shoveling rooftops, bartending or dealing live poker he was out roaming the woods, camera in hand, feeding his passion of wildlife photography. It was these years living on Hebgen Lake, Yellowstone National Park a stones throw away, that Nelson honed his skills as a wildlife photographer.
Today, Nelson Erikson is a successful wildlife photographer spending many of his days in Yellowstone National Park and the sourrounding ecosystem in Montana searching for critters and the perfect light. He has recently completed a major job down in Atlanta, Georgia decorating the Lenox Financial office of over 5,000 square feet. It is a gallery in its own right consisting of over 50 pieces of art work all of which are large format prints adorned in beautiful, rustic, cottonwood frames. Jon Shibley, owner, president, and C.E.O. calls it world class art. Each piece is one of a kind. You can order your own as well through this site.
