 His early large-scale paintings of motorcycles and engines, highlighted reflective chrome surfaces.His later works continued to build upon this series, and expanded to include a series of storefront windows scenes, which capture layered imagery reflecting from the glass.Blackwell's paintings are in many prestigious museum collections, including the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Parrish Art Museum, amongst others.