Teal Blake

Hailing from the eastern ridges of Montana’s Rocky Mountains, Teal Blake was surrounded by a quintessential view of ranching life.  His family history runs deep with a rooted pulse of the rodeo, quarter horses and the daily routines of a cowboy.  The visual whispers of influence decorated the walls of his father’s studio with western folklore from like of Charlie Russell to Will James.  With his surroundings and background, it is not a wonder that Teal started putting the characters that filled his daily life on paper eventually tinting the personalities with watercolors and oils.  Pillars of inspiration beckoned from the chaos of the corral, riding hell bent before an approaching storm or trailering the horses to head on the circuit: all these organic circumstances are captured in his work. A true man of the saddle.