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J. Kent Martin

Providence

Providence

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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
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Year Created:
2023
Dimensions:
19 × 25 × 2in
Edition:
Original 1/1
Style:
Martin builds Providence as a vertical field of intersecting rectangles and bands, where saturated cobalt, teal, olive, black, and pale stone colors press against open cream ground. The first read is structural, but the surface holds the eye: scraped passages, stained veils, and rough accumulations create a weathered skin with clear evidence of revision and erosion. Its stacked geometry and aerial logic place the work in conversation with lyrical abstraction, post-minimal structure, and the mapped sensibility of painters who translate landscape into order and trace.
Tags:
abstract painting,layered surfaces,aerial landscape,lyrical abstraction,post-minimalism,blue green palette,scraped paint,urban geometry,weathered texture

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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