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J. Kent Martin

Convictions

Convictions

¥1,013,634 JPY
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This original mixed-media abstract painting by J. Kent Martin is inspired by aerial views of farmland and the ordered patterns of roads and city streets. Built through layers of paint that are scraped, eroded, and stained, the surface reveals intersecting forms and textures that evoke the geometry of cultivated landscapes. The piece is wired and ready to hang.

Artwork Details

Artist:
J. Kent Martin
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Year Created:
2018
Dimensions:
48 × 48 × 1.5in
Edition:
Original 1/1
Style:
Martin builds this painting on a restrained black, charcoal, and ash-gray field that carries a single horizontal band of white like a cleared road or fault line. The eye meets the weathered surface first: scraped passages, stained veils, and exposed underlayers create a tactile skin with the character of eroded masonry. Sparse geometric intervals—a dark vertical cluster near the upper center and a boxed form at the lower right—anchor the composition and give the abstraction a measured architectural rhythm. The work stands in conversation with post-minimalism and process-oriented abstraction, where repetition, abrasion, and material memory shape the image as much as any drawn form.
Tags:
abstract expressionism,post-minimalism,process art,mixed media,monochrome,charcoal,scraped surface,aerial landscape,architectural abstraction,textural

About J. Kent Martin

J. Kent Martin, based in Springfield, MO, creates original artwork available to collect on Art Emerge, an AI-powered marketplace for artists and collectors.

Key Facts

  • Location: Springfield, MO

J. Kent Martin (b. 1967) is a Springfield, Missouri–based abstract painter whose work is inspired by aerial views of farmland and the structured patterns of roads and urban streets. His mixed-media paintings translate these landscapes into layered compositions of intersecting forms, textured surfaces, and weathered marks that suggest both physical terrain and human presence. Working with repurposed materials, Martin builds each piece through a process of accumulation and erosion—applying, scraping, staining, and reworking layers of material to reveal traces of earlier gestures. The resulting surfaces evoke the passage of time and the evolving relationships between land, community, and movement. Having spent his professional life in the home furnishings industry and now a home furnishings designer, Martin’s work reflects a sensitivity to architecture, materiality, and spatial design.

Artist Statement

My work explores the intersection between structure, landscape, and human experience. Inspired by aerial views of farmland and the ordered patterns of roads and city streets, my paintings translate these landscapes into layered abstract compositions. From above, fields, intersections, and neighborhoods reveal the quiet geometry that shapes how we move through the world and connect with one another. Each painting develops through a process of layering, scraping, erosion, and staining.

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