Photography
Mink worked in a variety of media and styles. In the 1940s, he practiced photography winning a photo contest with a photograph of daughter, Patti, blowing bubble gum. He also made "glamour" shots of relatives and documented local events and places.
Drawing
In the 1960's, indelible felt tip pens became a popular new labeling tool. Mink was one of the first to experiment with the pens as an artistic medium. At first he used them to sketch studies prior to the development of a painting. Later they were used for independent works such as his series of "Wind Swept Trees" inspired by television images of trees on Galveston Island following Hurricane Carla in 1961. Many of these were distributed to family members as Christmas cards. He carried sketch pads and a supply of pens with him everywhere often dashing off a sketch while picking up his children at school. Mink also did pencil drawings, ink drawings, and etchings.
Printmaking
Block, screen, and intaglio printing were techniques that Mink returned to often through out his career whether interpreting Jitterbuggers of his youth or producing posters for local theater productions. Most block prints were carved in linoleum, but he also carved intricate woodcut blocks which were never intended to be printed.
Sculpture
Late in life, Mink re-purposed his old ceramic kiln to fire sculptures created in terracotta using coil technique. He and his wife, Hazel, drove to Alabama to pick up red Alabama clay in 1964 to begin his coil work. He built up coils of clay, then bent and carved it into the desired shape. Many of these sculptures were inspired by family members or friends, but well disguised.
Watercolor
One of Mink's favorite media was watercolor which he learned at Sam Houston State College. Mink polished his style on his living room coffee table, a round antique dining table cut down to coffee table height. He kept watercolor supplies on the table and painted while watching TV, sometimes painting from the TV and sometimes painting his family members who were in the room with him. He often sprinkled salt onto the still wet paint creating a crystallized effect.
Oil
Mink's primary medium was oil painting. Sometimes he worked with brushes as in his series of self portraits as clowns inspired by the Red Skelton Show and TV circuses. He also became accomplished at using the sensitive blade of a painting knife to create impressionistic paintings of the east Texas landscape often painting historic locations.
Mixed Media
From time to time Mink experimented with avant-garde styles as in his collage Venus. Venus was constructed on an old door of bones, fabric, pills and pill bottles, paint, metal, and many other materials. Venus was designed to shock and shake up the Bryan art community. It worked. Venus was later disassembled. He also used gesso as an artistic medium building up layers into sculptural bas reliefs and painting over the layers.
Metalwork
Mink's metal works included large and small pieces. Jonah and the Fish was created from a post hole digger with welded pieces. For years it was displayed outside of Mink's studio, but was later stolen. Another piece that attracted a lot of attention was a small Calder style Christmas tree connected to a sewing machine motor. The tree would revolve, nearly topple and then right itself. It was part of a holiday display in the shop's window. Mink also created jewelry in enamel and woven metal.