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J. Kent Martin

Collateral

Collateral

$6,105.00 USD
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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.

Artwork Details

Artist:
J. Kent Martin
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Year Created:
2020
Dimensions:
48 × 48 × 1.5in
Edition:
Original 1/1
Style:
Collateral is built around a quiet but commanding central square of burnt orange that anchors the composition like a plotted field or a parcel seen from above. Around it, Martin layers ivory, gray, taupe, and black in scraped, brushed, and stained passages that keep the surface active and visibly worked, with the underlayers breathing through the topmost marks. The gridlike interruptions and broken verticals read as a cartography of roads, fence lines, and city blocks, placing the work in conversation with postwar abstraction, hard-edge structure, and the material investigations of artists who built image through erosion as much as application. Its restrained palette and weathered handling give the painting a field-like density that rewards close looking while holding its form at a distance.
Tags:
abstract,aerial landscape,layered abstraction,mixed media,scraped surface,stained paint,earth tones,cartographic,contemporary abstraction

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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