But Blinks, who worked with oil, watercolors and engravings, was not the result of any academy. In fact, he received no formal training at all. Instead, his work resulted from that powerful mixture of natural talent combined with the keenest sense of observation.He was also an instinctive colorist, who sensed the natural harmony of a chestnut-splashed pointer framed against a blue summer sky with wind-filled clouds, or of a lustrous Irish setter resting within the deepening shadows of a glade at the end of the hunt. Full Article