JOHN LENTING aka. BRABANT LENTING

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Born in s’Hertogenbosch a bustling town in South Brabant near the Belgium border in the Netherlands. He has shown professionally since 1976. He is included in numerous private and corporate collections including the “McDonalds Art Collection” in Oak Brook,Illinois.

Studied with the ground breaking premier abstract color field painter “Roland Ginzel” at “UIC Chicago Circle” and “Christina Ramberg” member of the “Hairy Who” and “Non-Plussed Some” at the”School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Worked for the”School of the Art Institute of Chicago” for seventeen years.

Mixed Media

His work in “Mixed Media”/Oil Acrylic utilizes various types of printmaking papers, canvas and other papers,using several types of paint acrylic,industrial finishes, oil etc. Working in a subtractive method making random marks with paint, litho crayon, pastels etc. then eliminating the previous images/marks leaving a ghost image. This is repeated over and over until reaching the desired effect. He doesn’t work from preliminary sketches or pre-conceived ideas, its mostly impulse, areas of interest are then developed to bring out the Composition/Image.

A founding member of the “Blue Zone Artist” and has written about art in “DeKunst” a publication originating in Europe.

John Lenting (aka. Brabant Lenting) is represented by the “Mars Gallery” in Chicago, “Ronelle Ashby Fine Arts” in Sarasota Florida, Red Arrow Gallery in Harbert, Michigan and “A.I.R Gallery in New York , New York. 4 Art Inc - Chicago, IL. Blue Gallery Three Oaks, MI. Lake Street Gallery Miller, IN. "r" Trail Collective Valparaiso, IN. Image House Merrillville, IN.