ED LENT HAS BEEN A CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC FORCE FOR MOST OF HIS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE. STARTING FROM AN INDUSTRIAL ARTS AWARD FOR SCULPTURE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO A B.S. IN ART EDUCATION, HE’S EXPLORED ART FROM PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TO ART HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY, FROM CERAMICS AND TEXTILES, TO RETAIL AND WHOLESALE SHOWROOM AND INTERIOR DESIGN TO PRODUCT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MERCHANDISING. WHILE WORKING INTERNATIONALLY WITH NORITAKE CHINA CO, INC. HE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TRAVEL THE WORLD AND VISIT ART MUSEUMS AND ARTISTS OF MANY COUNTRIES AND CULTURES. THIS CONTINUED A CREATIVE CURIOSITY AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.

ART HAD ALWAYS HAD A SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN HIS LIFE, BUT IT USUALLY HAD BEEN IN CERAMICS OR SCULPTURAL WORK. IT WASN’T UNTIL THE RECENT DEATH OF MOTHER, HIS FINAL PARENT, THAT PAINTING BECAME A DEDICATED NEAR DAILY CREATIVITY. SO MUCH SO THAT HE HAS TWO STUDIOS, ONE IN MADISON CT. AND ONE IN GUILFORD, CT. AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GUILFORD ART LEAGUE, MADISON ART SOCIETY AND THE SHORELINE ARTS ALLIANCE, THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A WORK OR TWO ON EXHIBIT AT A LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER, GALLERY, OR LIBRARY SHOW. PRIVATE STUDIO APPOINTMENTS ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED.

16 YEARS AGO HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH M.S. AND RETIRED DUE TO BECOMING DISABLED. SOON AFTER, LENT HAD A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT LED HIM TOWARDS “HEARING POETRY” IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER YEARS OF WRITING THE POEMS DOWN, HIS EDITED VERSIONS BECAME HIS FIRST BOOK OF POETRY; AS ABOVE, SO BELOW (https://bit.ly/2Jj8q56). HE HAS CONTINUED ON JOINING MANY NATIONAL AND LOCAL POETRY GROUPS, WORKING ON MORE BOOKS AND LEADING OPEN MICS AND WRITING WORKSHOPS.

ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY STARTING HIS DEGREE IN SCIENCE AND PRE-DENTISTRY, ITS CLEAR ALL OF EDWARD’S EXPERIENCE IN BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY HASN’T GONE TO WASTE, NOR HIS TEACHING DEGREE IN ART WHICH, NOW COMBINED WITH HIS WORK IN ART AND POETRY, IGNITES HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR EKPHRASTIC POETRY.