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"Trees are the poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
Kahlil Gibran (excerpt)

Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased present a solo exhibition of paintings by Brooklyn artist Jackie Battenfield in the Kent, CT gallery.

Battenfield’s meditative painting process begins with the artist’s close attention to the graceful forms of unfolding leaves and blossoms, and to the twisted boughs and branches of trees. This series was inspired by time the artist spent at a rural meditation retreat where spring was slowly awakening the landscape from its winter bareness. Sitting by a window, in …