R Geoffrey Blackburn

I was born in Utah, USA in 1947. I began my professional art career in 1970. I have taught art and worked in various art-related fields my entire professional life. While in England, in the early 1970's, I was the principle artist for an international magazine. Although I studied art both privately and at the University of Utah, I am mostly self-taught. My first recognition as an artist came when I was in grade school and won first prize at the annual exhibit at the Old Mission School at San Juan Capistrano, CA. I have also co-founded a mining company, a graphic arts company, a decorating company, a jellies and jam company, was an army officer and a ski instructor. Aside from painting, I also invent things, write poetry, and manage a business. I have written a book about the creative process and I am studying and teaching martial arts. I stay busy. During the last uranium boom of the 1970's, I co-owned and operated a mining and exploration company, North American Resources Corp. based in Salt Lake City, operating out of Moab, Utah. I prospected, staked claims, drilled, and promoted uranium properties all over the Colorado Plateau. Once, I even confronted armed claim jumpers. Shades of the Old West. I wheeled and dealed w...

2010 5th Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Show Won: "Best Landscape Award
2010 PaintAmerica, Top100 Competition, Juried show
2010 PaintAmerica, Mini Top50 Competition, Juried show
2010 Springville Museum of Art, 84th Annual Spring Salon, Juried Exhibition, Springville, UT
2010 Finalist Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition
2009 PaintAmerica,Mini Top50 Competition, Juried show
Exhibitions 2009 3rd AnnualPaint the ParksJuried Exhibition2009 Winners- Mini502009 Guests GalleryInternational Art ShowPart I: Realism2009 - 85th Annual Spring Salon Springville Museum of Art Springville, UT2008 Small Works North America, Greenwich Workshop, Fairfield, CT2008 Art Kudos International Exhibit2008 Springville Museum of Art, 84th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT2008 The President's Art Show, SLC, UT2007 Small Works North America, Greenwich Workshop, Fairfield, CT2007 Art Kudos International Exhibit2007 "Red Rock in Detail" one-man-show, ssMoab Art Works, Moab, UT2007 Art Expo Las Vegas, Las vegas, NV2007 "The West in Detail" Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY2007 9th Annual New Horizons Academy Art Show and Auction, Las Vegas, NV2006 63rd Annual National Art Exhibit, Cedar City, UT2006 Freedom Fest...