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Blake Gore Miniature Art
Blake Gore
Christiansburg,
VA
Medium:
Drawing New to Artclectic
“Lacking formal art training, my journey as an artist has been as unexpected as could be,” says Blake Gore. “At 37 years old, I discovered drawing as a creative outlet during my career as an instructor and adviser at Vanderbilt University. Following my own advice to students to be lifelong learners, I began honing my craft at the breakfast table after being intrigued by a miniature drawing prompt on social media. Before long, my miniatures began showing from Middle America to Manhattan and finding their way into private collections around the globe.”
Blake creates miniature art primarily using a .15mm pen nib, silverpoint, and minimalist canvases. He combines endless curiosity with an eye for detail. “Often drawing inside only an inch or two, I’m inspired by the challenge of creating more with less. Hand-drawn with no magnification or eyeglasses, my miniatures demonstrate how constraints can enhance creativity.”
Get to know Blake better:
Our theme this year is Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. In the creation of your pieces, can you point to any examples where you follow these practices?
I frequently upcycle various materials such as teabag tags, gum wrappers, and straw paper to create an unusual minimalist canvas. For example, my Teatag Bookstore Series includes miniature pen and ink drawings of detailed bookshops on teabag tags. These pieces bring together the everyday, tangible rituals of opening a book and drinking a cup of tea. To those of us who enjoy a good story with piping hot Earl Grey, we know deep down that these simple activities mean much more to us than the physical sensations. But, life is often too big and too fast to reflect on these small pleasures. In response, these miniature artworks transform the common tea tag into an invitation to quite literally take a closer look at these joys. In fact, look closely, and you’ll find a hidden apple in each bookstore.
Titles of works can be descriptive or clever or totally unrelated. What's your favorite title of a piece you've named?
"Inflation"
My detailed miniature of a $100 bill drawn on a Juicy Fruit gum wrapper is titled "Inflation". Rather than a political statement, this piece is simply a reminder that it's all paper in the end.
If you could be any artist in the world, who would you choose to be?
Da Vinci. The man could simply do it all.
