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J. Kent Martin

Crossroads No. 11

Crossroads No. 11

$8,635.00 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. The piece is wired and ready to hang.

Artwork Details

Artist:
J. Kent Martin
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Year Created:
2020
Dimensions:
48 × 60 × 1.5in
Edition:
Original 1/1
Style:
J. Kent Martin’s Crossroads No. 11 is organized around a bright white ground interrupted by bands, columns, and drips that read first as a map of crossings and routes. The palette moves between cobalt blue, charcoal black, cool gray, bone white, and muted beige, with each layer scraped, stained, and dragged so the surface carries both opacity and erosion. Vertical runs cut through the field like rainfall over a surveyed grid, while the horizontal bars anchor the composition in a measured, architectural rhythm. The work sits in conversation with postwar process painting and hard-edge abstraction, while its aerial structure gives it the clarity of a lived landscape translated into abstraction.
Tags:
abstract,process painting,mixed media,aerial landscape,hard-edge abstraction,blue,black,gray,texture,drip

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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