Award-winning artist Blake Flynn is a native of Washington State and has been practicing art since the time he could first grasp a crayon. Preferring not to endure the "starving" part of "starving artist," he embarked on a long-term plan to first ply his design skills in the engineering field. He graduated with a BS from the University of Washington in 1984 where he also studied Art, Art History and Architecture. Further training included coursework in drawing at the Academy of Realist Art in Seattle.

At the end of 1999 he left a successful career in aerospace engineering to become a full-time artist. Since then he has been invited into a number of juried shows, won several awards, and has had his work featured on the cover of 48° North magazine. He has completed several commissioned pieces, has done illustration for educational literature, and his work is included in a number of local and national private collections.