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J. Kent Martin

Ambivalent

Ambivalent

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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 framed as shown and ready to hang.

Artwork Details

Artist:
J. Kent Martin
Artist Gallery:
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Year Created:
2026
Dimensions:
21.3 × 25.3 × 1.3in
Edition:
Original 1/1
Style:
J. Kent Martin builds the eye’s first encounter through a dense field of color blocks and eroded passages that read like a surveyed map under pressure. Chalky turquoise, brick red, oxblood, black, ochre, and bone are layered over a dotted ground, then scraped back so that the surface holds both abrasion and residue. The composition is grid-based but never rigid: horizontal and vertical bands collide, fracture, and resume, creating the cadence of cultivated land seen from above. The work is in conversation with postwar abstraction, especially the material intelligence of Abstract Expressionism and the mapped structures of contemporary process painting.
Tags:
abstract,mixed media,process painting,layered surface,grid,aerial landscape,textured,earth tones,urban geometry

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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