News_Updates — Nathaniel Bellows

News & Updates

“It Wasn’t” (Lyric Video) (Jan 2025)

**New Poem | December 2024**

“A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye”
*The Greensboro Review*, Fall 2024, Issue 116

**December**

*Seed Pods* 32” x 18” (mixed media on Arches paper)

“True” new song and lyric video.

**November**

*Carp & Gourds* 32” x 18” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**October**

*Red* 23” x 15/16” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**September 2024**

Sketchbook/Travel drawing (1.5 hour flight)

August 2024

August: Performance lyric video for "Split Lip," from 'Three.'

August: Performance video for "Oh, Now," from 'The Old Illusions.'

**July 2024**

My poem, “The Strangers’ Gate” published this month in *Eunoia Review*.

**July 2024**

*Cornflowers* 18” x 33” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**June 2024**

*Magnolias* 32” x 18” (mixed media on Arches paper)

"To Wait" (Live Performance Lyric Video)

Animated Lyric video for "I Awoke" from 'Swan and Wolf.'

**June 2024**

Rockwood Music Hall Show: June 27th 8pm!

Playlist: All 8 new lyric videos for 'The Old Illusions,' featuring new artwork by Nathaniel Bellows.

**April 2024**

*Frogs* 22” x 15.5” (liquid watercolor and acrylic on Arches paper)

“Who Made It So?” (Feat. David Garland) (Lyric Video) from ‘The Old Illusions’ (201), including a recent piece of my artwork.

“The Calm” (Lyric Video) from ‘The Old Illusions’ (201), including a recent piece of my artwork.

“Reel” (Lyric Video) from ‘The Old Illusions’ (2016), including a recent piece of my artwork.

“At Sea” (feat. Alex Sopp) (Lyric Video) from ‘The Old Illusions’ (2016), including a recent piece of my artwork.

***March 2024***

*Kelp Forest* 22” x 15.5” (liquid watercolor and acrylic on Arches paper)

***February 2024***

*Tanagers* 22” x 15.5” (liquid watercolor on Arches paper)

***February 2024***

Rockwood Music Hall show: February 25th 6pm

My song “How High” featuring Timo Andres (piano), and the illustration I created for the track.

***January 2024***

*Dart Frog* 6.5” x 12” (liquid watercolor and ink on Arches paper)

***January 2024***

*Lily of the Valley* 12” x 15” (liquid watercolor and acryllic on Arches paper)

I wrote this lullaby when my niece and nephew were very young and they recently asked me to (finally) record it. So, more than 15 years later, I created this illustrated lyric video for them—and the rest of the family, too.

***November 2023***

*Doves* 22” x 15.5” (liquid watercolor on Arches paper)

***October 2023***

*Technical* 22” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***October 2023***

*Baby Goats* 22” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***September 2023***

*Blue Crabs* 15” x 10.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***September 2023***

*Ultra Blue* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***September 2023***

Rockwood Music Hall Show: September 24th, 7pm, Stage 1.

***August 2023***

*Crocosmia* 16.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***August 2023***

*Kudzu* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***July 2023***

I’m playing a show at Rockwood Music Hall as part of their Rockwood Benefit Series. **Wednesday July 26th at 10pm, Stage 2**. $10 (pre-order)/$15 (at the door). CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

***July 2023***

*Money Tree 18*” x 12” (mixed media on Bristol board)

My acoustic cover of Kelly Clarkson’s song, “Since U Been Gone.”

***June 2023***

*Red Pen 32.5*” x 18” (mixed media on watercolor paper)

A new lyric video I’ve made for my song ,“Only Love,” from Swan and Wolf (2018), featuring the illustration I created for the track.

***June 2023***

*Poinsettia 12*” x 9” (mixed media on Bristol board)

***May 2023***

*Calipers 22*” x 15” (mixed media on watercolor paper)

Lyric Video for “How High (feat. Timo Andres) from Swan and Wolf (2018).

***April 2023***

*Power Lines* 22” x 15” (mixed media on watercolor paper)

***April 2023***

*Collage* 22.5” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***March 2023***

*Poppies* 14.5” x 11” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***February 2023***

*Cells ~*12.5” x 10” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***January 2023***

*Bones* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

Lyric video for my new single, “One Small Thing (feat. Shara Nova).”

***January 2023***

*Organs 13*” x 10” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***January 2023***

*Anemones* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

***December 2022***

*Iguanas* 15” x 11” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**“In Praise of the Unexpected Rhyme”** | Songwriting Magazine Issue 30

I wrote a Technique piece called, "In Praise of the Unexpected Rhyme," for Songwriting Magazine, about how unconventional rhyming can bring additional depth, interest, texture, & surprise to a song. Featuring examples by Joni Mitchell, Aimee Mann, Leonard Cohen, Joanna Newsom, and me (re: my new single, “Well Water (feat. Shara Nova)”.

Purchase the digital issue HERE.
Read the piece HERE.

***November 2022***

*Bluebells* 15” x 11” (mixed media on Arches paper)

Lyric video for my new single, “Well Water (feat. Shara Nova).”

**September 2022**

*Blackbirds* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

“Color Wheel” **Harvard Review Issue 59**

Read “Color Wheel” HERE.

**August 2022**

*Blue Jays* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**July 2022**

*Canaries & Lemons* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**June 2022**

*Betta Fish* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**June 2022**

*Wheat* 15” x 11.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**June 2022**

*Five Faces* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**May 2022**

*Tiger Lilies* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**April 2022**

*Pangolins* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**March 2022**

*Orchid Mantis* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

Nathaniel Bellows captures tales and let's them go to soar in the wind on "Keep In Mind" - his voice might move mountains... https://t.co/C74qWzVuTN #folkmusic #talltales #intimate #bold #folkindie #classicfolk #musicalert #Listen #SHARENOW
— American Pancake (@AmericanRobb) March 20, 2022

**March 2022**

*Koi* 22.5” x 15” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**February 2022**

*Blue Herons* 16.5” x 15” (ink, acrylic, metallic paint, watercolor on Arches paper)

**February 2022**

*Red Squirrels* 22.5” x 15.25” (ink and watercolor on Arches paper)

**January 2022**

*Eels* 30” x 11.25” (ink and watercolor on Arches paper)

**January 2022**

*White Moose* 30” x 11.25” (ink and watercolor on Arches paper)

**December 2021**

*Holiday Cards* (~3” x 4” each)

Lyric video for my song “The Dove,” from Swan and Wolf (2018).

**November 2021**

*Snowdrops and Stoats* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**October 2021**

*Digitalis* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**October 2021**

*Hummingbirds & Pears* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**September 2021**

*Night Blooming Cereus* 23” x 15.5 (mixed media on Arches paper)

**September 2021**

*Kestrels* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**August 2021**

*Octopi* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

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**July 2021**

*Goldfish* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**July 2021**

*Komodo Dragons* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**July 2021**

*Black Locusts* 23” x 15.5” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**June 2021**

*Peacock* 22.5” x 10.25” (mixed media on Arches paper)

**March 2021**

*Satellites* 32” x 20” (ink, liquid watercolor, acrylic on matte board)

**February 2021**

*Orchids* 29” x 19” (ink & liquid watercolor on matte board)

**February 2021**

There is a connection between the strength of the voice and the details of the guitar that creates an ideal atmosphere for the words of poetry. Although the sound is stripped and minimalist, it manages to communicate with a lot of nuances. The result is a song as intense as it is emotional.
My song, “Words Fail,” from my new album, Three, was featured in Visual Atelier 8, along with the lyric video I made for the song, and a short interview.

**January 2021**

My new album, *Three,* produced by Malcolm Burn, was released in December 2020. Visit the album’s page to learn more about it. You can listen to the entire album on Bandcamp, and watch/listen to all 8 lyric videos I made for the album; each song/video features one of my large scale illustrations.

**September 2020**

*Mass for the Endangered* by Sarah Kirkland Snider

I wrote original text for 4 of the 6 movements of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s beautiful new album, *Mass for the Endangered*. I also created the cover image—a triptych of endangered animals and environments in peril. Learn more about the album—including the great reviews/coverage; the UK vocal ensemble, Gallicantus, who performed the piece; and the series of stunning videos created for each movement by Candystations—at Sarah’s site.