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Blake Flynn

I have been practicing art since the time I could first grasp a crayon; however, having an aversion to starving, I first pursued a career in aerospace engineering, which I eventually left at the end of 1999 to become a full-time artist. Since that time I have had a number of solo and group exhibitions, been invited into a number of juried shows, won several awards, and have had my work featured in Amazing Stories magazine and on the cover of 48 North magazine. My work is included in a number of local, national and international private collections.

I work within the basic framework of realism, with recognizable subject matter and the fundamental goal of making a 2-D surface look 3-D in a convincing way. But at the same time I transcend the limitations of realism, letting my imagination run rampant. I bend physical laws. I distort shapes and sizes. I combine disparate elements. I create improbable juxtapositions. This gives me greater capacity to articulate a particular idea and to create the desired visual and emotional atmosphere.

My work appears surrealistic, however it is neither dream-based nor unstructured. And although I concede the germ of the idea for a given painting might have a subconscious component, I'm actually quite analytical in the development and execution of the piece (no doubt symptomatic of my engineering experience). This reliance on my rational mind combined with the narrative quality of the work suggests the term "Magic Realism" would be a more accurate classification.

Blake Flynn

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