Welcome to John Blake Folk Artist! I have been an artist for many years with works sold throughout the world. I paint in my home studio in the majestic Sacramento mountains of South Central New Mexico. My formal training came as a child and art has been a passion ever since. As I grew older I spent a number of years exclusively focusing on self-taught woodcarving in traditional folk art themes. When I eventually returned to my painting roots, the years spent working with wood brought an unmistakable influence into this new season of creating...more