Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Stroud Preserve, 2020 canvas hand-stitched

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Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Stroud Preserve, 2020 canvas hand-stitchedLight 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,