Blake Pierre is a mixed media artist born in Shreveport, LA and raised in Prince George's County Maryland. His work is inspired by questions surrounding topics such as self-identity, self-image, and spirituality. He is deeply engaged in the study of spiritual enlightenment and the study of the subconscious, conscious, and superconscious mind as it relates to self-actualization and spiritual enlightenment. Interest in such discussions constantly informs his artistic practice and influences the mood of his art.
Blakes’ multidisciplinary practice explores traversing several methods of creating paintings in order to draw the viewer into an environment with each piece. He often employs bold and vivid hues of oil and acrylic paint, energetically applied using a combination of his fingers, paint brushes, and palette knives. He also uses materials such as crystals, glass, fabric, gold leaf and resin.
His abstraction is birthed from a desire to express subconscious thought, and emotion, and fueled by a spirit of experimentation. He allows much room for my intuition to lead his decision-making while painting. What drives his creative practice the most is the desire to constantly innovate new ways of creating.