Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Lake Michigan, 2020 art at the Five Acre Wood

at the Five Acre Wood

Refinish regularly when the board starts to get dull and look worn

each book will look differently than pictured but will come from the same piece of leather

whether you mix your own pigments or squeeze them from a tube

A usable and wearable hand-stitched miniature book finished with reclaimed leather

Original Plein Air Painting by Walter Kent: Lake Michigan, 2020 art at the Five Acre WoodLight 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,