Collection: Blend Cota - Artist

BLEND COTA  - DC COMICS ART COLLECTION

Colorful, Bold, & Emotionally Charged Pop Realism

Mr. Blend has painted an astonishing range of styles, from simple study sketches to landscapes and nudes to detailed realism and abstract installations. His love of art has taken him down many paths and fulfilled his artistic persona with a wide range of trades and experience. He always liked Picasso, his legacy of fearless creations, borderless shapes, and bold blocks of colors.

He specializes in oil on canvas, mural paintings, and professional photography. For more than 13 years, he was the Art Director of Atelier America and Brushstrokes Fine Art, Inc., two of North America's most significant art publishing/direct mail companies. Blend studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Albania and, after a long journey, is now living in Toronto, Canada, where he works as the Creative Director for Thomas Kinkade Studios.

He also has an immense love for the outdoors. He enjoys nature in all its beauty, goes hunting and fishing, and very often organizes outdoor trips with his family (wife Regina, daughters Kaid and Tess, and the dog Timmy). During summer, there is a lot of camping, boating, and gardening, and there is ice fishing and family bonding during the Canadian winter. His main hobby is photography, and for him, every critical moment, a beautiful scene must be caught on camera. 

Blend is fascinated with history and geography, which has resulted in an impressive book collection covering stories and facts from all over the world. He grew up in an atheist country where religion was prohibited, but he is a firm believer in Christian values.

His positive and friendly personality makes him extremely social, and he is always interested in talking to people and hears their stories. He is very close to family and friends, loyal and always willing to help. His late mother who suffered a longtime fight with Alzheimer was always an inspiration for Blend. Her love and guidance are still with him to this day. – Art Brands Studios