I'd say Kent's work (and the rest of his adventurous life) better served as a metaphor for the Nordic spirit. He really seemed to identify with Swedes, Germans, Norwegians etc.
He called his rural home "Asgaard", he designed most of the "Moby Dick" illustrations at a friend's house in Denmark, and nothing seemed to excite him more than putting a small boat onto a very big and very cold sea. And isn't there something about those large areas of strong blue, orange, and green that reminds you of his contemporaries, Munch and Gallen-Kallela ? But I certainly share the impulse to make his work a metaphor for some kind of spirit that is much greater than just one person expressing himself. Perhaps we could call that impulse the recognition of good art ? > His work is a good metaphor of the forthright American spirit that may be more myth than reality but it has verve and conviction through and through. WC ____________________________________________________________ Purify your water with professional water treatment. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxWi0W208ot4KxJs5HAo24MCm RnTbXHOpk2H6VhRv6pTlImqRynUFy/
