Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Stroud Preserve, 2020 canvas messages and plans

messages and plans

‘Poesy’ or ‘posy’ rings received their name from the French word ‘poésy’ meaning ‘poetry

hand-stitched

made different

Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Stroud Preserve, 2020 canvas messages and plansLight changes, colors transform, shadows emerge and fade. Each time I step into nature I am confronted with its fleeting intricacies juxtaposed with its promise of enduring newness. My excursions with paint and brush are a humble attempt to capture moments of this change to live in the now. Each painting is a time capsule containing a multitude of hidden details: the feeling of the cold sand on my bare feet, the itchy bites of a hoard of mosquitos,