Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Stroud Preserve, 2020 canvas and eco-friendly process of tanning

and eco-friendly process of tanning raw hides with natural

We’ve added vegetable-tanned leather straps and a waxed canvas pocket

‘Poesy’ or ‘posy’ rings received their name from the French word ‘poésy’ meaning ‘poetry

messages and plans

Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Stroud Preserve, 2020 canvas and eco-friendly process of tanningLight changes, colors transform, shadows emerge and fade. Each time I step into nature I am confronted with its fleeting intricacies juxtaposed with its promise of enduring newness. My excursions with paint and brush are a humble attempt to capture moments of this change to live in the now. Each painting is a time capsule containing a multitude of hidden details: the feeling of the cold sand on my bare feet, the itchy bites of a hoard of mosquitos,