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“My goal is to create exquisite art.
I love big, bright, bold, and beautiful."
Victor Blakey
The Artist My goal is to create exquisite art. I love big, bright, bold, and beautiful.
Victor Blakey Artist

I believe if a painting makes me happy, it will make others happy. I am a native Texan, born in Houston and now reside in Dallas. I have a degree in Fine Art and a minor in Art History. Being a teacher, I was able to continue my art education after school and in the summers. Most of my art training has been in portraiture. Those skills were easily transferable to painting almost any subject. To accomplish certain tone and ambiance, I use many techniques employed by the old masters by developing an under painting that sets the stage to achieve the color and light that represents each image. My greatest dream is to paint beautiful art.

I am inspired by the beauty around me; the rolling hills of central Texas; the animals I see grazing on those hillsides; the wild flowers along the highways; and the odd wildlife in the nature parks such as a llama that is wondering how he got to Texas. I pour through countless books, magazines, and the web looking for images that are not common to my area.

Recent Accomplishments & Upcoming Events

Kansas Through The Eyes of an Artist, Juried Exhibit
Kansas Through The Eyes of an Artist, Juried Exhibit

Victor is so happy to announce that his Tender Moments painting won First Place in the Kansas Through The Eyes of an Artist, Juried Exhibit held virtually at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery in Newton, Kansas. Judge Wayne Conyers selected the winning painting, citing in part how the artist expressed such deep emotion from the characters and focused the viewers attention using symmetry in the layout of the painting.

Victor Blakey, First Place -- Kansas Through The Eyes of an Artist, Juried Exhibit

Oil Painters of America Virtual Western Regional Exhibition Of Traditional Oils 2020
Oil Painters of America Virtual Western Regional Exhibition Of Traditional Oils 2020

Victor is excited to announce his Noon Day Sun painting has been accepted for inclusion in this year's 2020 Oil Painters of America's Virtual Western Regional Show, hosted by Illume Gallery of Fine Art in St. George, Utah, considered one of the most distinguished art galleries in the country. Though this exhibition is virtual, the high quality of artwork remains the same and features the best representational artists throughout the western half of the United States and Canada. A virtual awards presentation will be held on Friday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. Central Time.

Oil Painters of America Virtual Western Regional Exhibition Of Traditional Oils 2020

Victor Blakey, Noon Day Sun

American Plains Artists 34th Annual Juried Exhibit - Art of the Plains, 2019
American Plains Artists 34th Annual Juried Exhibit - Art of the Plains, 2019

Victor is extremely happy to announce two of his three paintings, Experience Counts, Looking For Work and Riding Point were selected by judges at the American Plains Artists 34th Annual Juried Exhibit to receive awards. Experience Counts won the prestigious, Publisher’s Award of Excellence, and Looking For Work was the hosting facility’s board member’s choice for the Arrowhead Award.

Victor Blakey - American Plains Artists 34th Annual Juried Exhibit, 2019

Victor Blakey, Experience Counts, Looking For Work and Riding Point

Western Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, 2019
Western Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, 2019

Victor's western painting Kansas, has been accepted into this year’s Western Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils. The 2019 exhibition will be held at Sorrel Sky Gallery, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 1 - November 30, 2019, and promises to be an enjoyable show.

Victor Blakey - Western Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, 2019

Victor Blakey, Kansas

34th Annual Bosque Art Classic
34th Annual Bosque Art Classic

Victor will participate in the Bosque Art Classic, an annual juried and judged art show and sale hosted by the BAC Art Council. Over the years, it has become a national show which includes entries from international artists as well. The show is currently in its 34th year. It is open to all artists who create realistic/representational art.

Victor Blakey - 34th Annual Bosque Art Classic

Victor Blakey, Last Trapper, She's Still Riding, Riding Drag, Chasing Daylight

2019 Hold Your Horses Invitational Exhibition and Sale
2019 Hold Your Horses Invitational Exhibition and Sale

Victor has been selected to participate in the 2019 Phippen Museum's Hold Your Horses Invitational Exhibition and Sale in the Marley Gallery, August 3rd through September 22nd, 2019. Horse lovers, art enthusiasts and Western art collectors alike will be enthralled with the popular, annual exhibition and sale, Hold Your Horses! In tribute to the horse, that powerful, loyal and hardworking companion of all mankind, and in the same tradition as classic Western artists of the past, this very special invitational exhibition and sale offers artwork focused entirely on the horse. Museum members FREE and Guests $12 each.

Museum Of Western Art -- Artist of the Month, July, 2019
"Museum Of Western Art -- Artist of the Month, July, 2019

Victor is excited to announce that he has been chosen for Artist of the Month for July, 2019, at the Museum of Western Art located in Kerrville, TX. The Museum of Western Art is dedicated to excellence in the collection, preservation, and promotion of Western Heritage and the education and cultural enrichment of our diverse audiences. The museum will display 13 of Victor's original paintings for the 30 day period and Victor will provide a presentation at the museum describing his paintings and his process, at 5 to 7:30pm, July 18, 2019. We hope you will attend.

Victor Blakey - Museum Of Western Art -- Artist of the Month, July, 2019

Victor Blakey, Museum Of Western Art -- Artist of the Month, July, 2019

2019 Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show
38th Annual Western Art Show and Sale

Victor has been invited to the 38th Annual Western Art Show and Sale. The Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale is one of the most respected and prestigious western art exhibitions in the Rocky Mountain Region. A visit to Cheyenne Frontier Days wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Old West Museum to see and experience the outstanding works of art on display.

Victor Blakey - Wildlife Art

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A degree in fine art from Texas State University and a decade studying portraiture, has brought me back to my passion for Native Americans. My first trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico when I was in high school stirred the original admiration for these people and their culture. I am not a historian, but I want to keep alive the memory of this important chapter of our past. When I start a new painting of a Native American, it is difficult to separate the real from the myth that perpetuates the fighting spirit of these brave people. I want to depict the remarkable strength in each feature in the face and the conflict they must be experiencing.

Wildlife

I grew up in Texas where everything is bigger than life. Watching from the back seat of my family's station wagon, I watched the animals grazing on the hillsides as my father drove through his favorite place on earth, the Hill Country of Texas. Weather it is a whitetail deer racing across the highway or a lion lurking in the bush of Africa, it will find itself on a canvas before me.



Horse Thief, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16Victor Blakey, Horse Thief, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16
Crazy Horse, Oil on Canvas -- 24 x 18Victor Blakey, Crazy Horse, Oil on Canvas -- 24 x 18