EALENT ARTIST POET

WELCOME TO MY ONLINE STUDIO WEBSITE. HERE I COMBINE MY ART AND POETRY IN ONE PLACE. AM I A POETIC PAINTER OR A VISUAL POET? ART AND POETRY, TO ME, ARE ALWAYS CONNECTED.

-AND NOT JUST EMOTIONALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY BUT LITERALLY! SINCE 2024, A FRIEND AND COLLECTOR, WHO KNEW ME AS A POET, SUGGESTED I COMBINE MY TWO PASSIONS. IT HIT ME LIKE A FLASH OF LIGHT AND SINCE THAT MOMENT I NOW WRITE A POEM (HAIKU OR VERSE) ON THE BACK OF MY PIECES.

MY ARTISTRY IS ALWAYS EVOLVING (AS DOES MY POETRY). I PAINT FREELY, OFTEN TRYING TO RELAY SOMETHING FROM MEMORIES OR DREAMS. OFTEN THE EXPERIENCE OF ABSTRACTING MY EXPRESSION WITH A THOUGHT OR IDEA WITH THE PIGMENTS THEMSELVES BECOMES THE ART. SOMETIMES I PAINT WITH A BRUSH, OTHER TIMES MY HANDS, A SPONGE OR STIFF CARDBOARD SCRAPS.

WHEN CRAFTING POETRY, I OFTEN PUBLISH UNDER THE NOM DE PLUME EZRA LOVECROFT. THIS AFFORDS ME ANOTHER DIMENSION AND SEPARATES MY ART SIDE WHICH IS SIMPLY E.A.LENT, FOR MY NAME, EDWARD ALAN LENT. THE FLUIDITY BEWEEN POETRY AND ART IS SO RELEVANT TO ME SO EKPHRASTIC STYLE POETRY IS MY CONCENTRATION. EKPHRASTIC POETRY IS POETRY SPECIFICALLY BASED ON A WORK OF ART. I TEACH IT, I READ IT AND HAVE FOCUSED ON WRITING THIS STYLE OF POETRY AS A NEW PASSION.