Aura is an exciting visual timeline celebrating the diverse works of art community staple and comic book industry veteran Winston Blakely. A self taught disciple of creative, visual, expression Winston and Blakelyworks invite you to a world of images from the studios' archives. Starting as a fine arts artist Winston has built an innovative body of work through his assigments for Valiant comics and Rich Buckler's Visage Studio among others.
Winston Blakely was born in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. He has a B.A. degree in Fine Arts…He worked with Jackie Robinson Center’s students to achieve 1st Prize in a City Wide Art Contest…His primary artistic influences include fantasy illustrators Frank Frazetta, Richard Corben and Fine Arts greats such as Salvador Dali, Romere Bearden and Jacob Lawrence. Mr.Blakely has also produced and written his own sci-fi character, Pozitron, the black cosmic hero who can be found in the anthology called Immortal Fantasy which features an introduction by award winning author Charles R. Saunders, creator of Imaro. Both Pozitron and Little Miss Strange are available at Amazon.com. He is also a book cover illustrator and interior illustrator…contact him at blakelyworks@gmail.com for private commissions”