Jo Blakely

I am an artist/ illustrator based in Toronto, Canada working with themes of social justice and innovation, creation and destruction, the sacred and the profane, feminism, mysticism, reality and hope. I work in both digital and traditional media and am inspired by illuminated manuscripts, all religions and myths, physics, nature, classical religious paintings, icons and reliquaries, cabinets of curiosities and people from all over the world. I paint both digitally and traditionally.

Available for commercial, non-profit, and private commissions.

An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.' ― Nina Simone

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647-999-4801

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Instead of a blog, I will be updating my Patreon page with work and deeper insights into each piece and my thoughts on their meaning to me. So check it out!