You would be hard-pressed to find a more prolific and versatile painter than Las Vegas artist Jerry Blank. A dedicated artist, Jerry can be found at the easel on most any given day, creating colorful and masterful artworks in a variety of subject matter. In celebration of American Artist Appreciation Month, today we’re celebrating his art and backstory.
"I love impressionism. I love a painting that looks finished, with details and full of motion but when we look at it closely, what we see are just a bunch of loose brushstrokes that sometimes just looks like an abstract. That’s how I paint. With a lot of texture and color, I’ve found a style that works for any subject or genre that I choose to capture on canvas."
Churchill Pooch, 12″ x 12″, oil on canvas, 2024
Boneapart, 12″ x 12″, oil on canvas, 2024
White Stallion 2, 36″ x 36″, oil on canvas, 2024
“Sport’s Legends” is a new series of paintings paying tribute to significant sports figures, including Mohammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Derek Jeter, Sandy Koufax, Walter Payton, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, the Las Vegas Raiders, and more.
In addition, Blank has painted over thirty Las Vegas-inspired paintings, including “Impressions of Vegas,” which capture this vibrant city’s excitement, pulse, and legacy. As Vegas changes and evolves over the decades, the paintings have a historical quality in addition to their timeless and moving beauty.
The Pathfinders, 36″ x 60″, oil on canvas, 2024
Currently, Blank is painting a series of western paintings featuring cowboys, rodeos, and southwest desert scenes. Painting a new series of pet portraits has been a joy. 
Lumberjack Hound, 12″ x 12″, oil on canvas, 2024
His formidable artistic education and art career spans over fifty years, having studied art and design at San Jose State University. He went on to receive his BS degree in Industrial Design from SJSU. Blank was the principal of a San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm for over thirty-five years– The Blank Company. His art finds inspiration in the French Impressionist movement and a year-long sabbatical in Paris, which prolifically yielded over fifty paintings of old world and European inspirations. Blank spent most of 2008 as a featured artist on many cruise ships in the Caribbean and the Mexican Riviera, and he has been featured in galleries in New York, West Palm Beach, Hilton Head, Houston, Nantucket, Miami, Monterey, and San Jose.
Visit Jerry online at JerryBlankArt.com • 702 324 2193 • [email protected]
All art copyright © Jerry Blank. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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A.D. is an artist who started drawing at a young age. Throughout his life, he has worked with different creative tools in traditional and digital art and design. His art and writings have been showcased in various publications such as Airbrush Action Magazine, Airbrush Magazine, American Art Collector, Art & Beyond, Dream To Launch, Easyriders, Las Vegas City Life, Las Vegas Weekly, L’Vegue, ModelsMania, Quick Throttle, and The Ultimate Airbrush Handbook.
