 A 2012 show entitled "And God cryed" at the Studio 3 Gallery in Kent was a critical success.Blackburn incorporates found objects and materials on his canvases, citing their "previous existence".His paintings utilize acrylic paint, oil paint, and encaustic, as well as resin, grit, house-paint, and varnish; according to a review of his 2015 show at the ARTIS Gallery, recent work "rides roughshod over any conventions of neatness and grace, using bold form, often black, and adorning his surface with found objects and collage."