kent kapplinger

mixed media • 15x11"

Created for theme “Outside the Lines” where one is exploring liminal spaces, challenging accepted preconceptions, boundaries, or rules.

mixed media • 30"x22"

Reaction to genetically modified beans.

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mixed media • 30"x22"

Life's path as a couple.

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mixed media • 42"x30"

Learn where each part is needed.

mixed media • 30"x22"

A simple older tools makes way for a complicated machine.

mixed media • 30"x22"

Technological advances provide easier access yet instill unique distancing from one another.

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pastel • 22"x30"

Reaction to genetic modification processes.

mixed media • 21"x15"

Inspired by illustrations from farm equipment parts manuals.

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mixed media • 30"x22"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

Hand lettering and screenprint • 52x77"

Inspired by an article on disturbing possible artifacts in the Killdeer Mountains through oil exploration and drilling. Phrases 'can't be replaced' and 'gone forever' remind us what impact we have on nature and the respect we should have for it, for those who've gone before us, and for everyone's idea of sacred place.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 22"x26"

Corn sheller patent design from 1860’s transferred to paper with drawing added.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860s.

mixed media • 30"x22"

It’s always worth more than the money.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 42"x30"

Feeling a rhythm keeps you grounded.

mixed media • 30"x22"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

Hand lettering/screenpint • 52x210"

Determined not to have his children display a 'bad temper and bouts of swearing' dad turned to humor and 'word play' as I've done with "MHell of a HMess". From what I've read much of Western North Dakota is in a 'hell of a mess' dealing with the current 'oil frenzy.'

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 30"x22"

A brief time but a broad impact.

mixed media • 30"x22"

Infected worldwide with sterile seeds.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Slight of hand trick.

mixed media • 42"x30"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

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mixed media • 20"x15"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

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mixed media • 22"x30"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

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mixed media • 22"x30"

Totems to the grand machine!

mixed media • 30"x22"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 11"x15"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

What is inspiration?

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by illustrations from farm equipment parts manuals.

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mixed media • 30"x22"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

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mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by corn sheller patent design from 1860's.

mixed media • 15"x11"

Inspired by illustrations from farm equipment parts manuals.

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mixed media • 21"x15"

Reflecting on my youth, playing with a green hydraulic jack.

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mixed media • 15"x21"

Three by three they go.

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mixed media • 21"x15"

Xerox transfer of farm equipment parts manuals on paper with shellac, charcoal, pastel and colored pencil.

mixed media • 20"x15"

Illustration with deteriorating surfaces symbolize strength and complexity of contemporary society.

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mixed media • 22"x30"

Grand design unveiled.

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mixed media • 30"x22"

Genetic experimentation-beauty and the unknown.

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mixed media • 15"x11"

Reflections of a quiet isolation.

mixed media • 22"x30"

Lines scribed, areas rubbed with charcoal/graphite powder, then portions shellacked.

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mixed media • 30"x42"

Seeds are planted, surrounded by soil yet exposed to the elements.

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mixed media • 21"x15"

Juggling many balls at once squeezes our time.

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