DESCRIPTION: Two peaceful seaside Victorian scenes featuring women in long dress with hats and Parasols. Children dressed formally in today's standards build a sandcastle. A woman sits on a chair and reads her book. A glimpse into days long gone by!

ARTIST INFORMATION: Paul Brent was born in Oklahoma in 1946. As a child in a small Oklahoma town, Brent loved to draw and paint. His mother, an elementary school teacher, kept the household well supplied with arts and crafts materials and his father, who taught science, had a wonderful library of picture books that were always a source for the young artist's imagination. Brent studied art at California State University at Long Beach. After two years, he transferred and studied architecture at the University of California where he received his undergraduate degree. He served as a Captain in the Air Force and while stationed in Panama City, he met his wife-to-be, Lana Jane Lewis. After leaving the service, the Brents spent a year and a half in California where he finished his Masters Degree at UC Berkeley. They returned to Panama City in 1973 to live permanently and to eventually raise their two sons.

After returning to Florida, the artist began a residential design business and later added interior design as well. His art career began with weekend shows in 1976 and in 1986 he launched his art publishing business.
Brent is an affiliate artist with the LeMoyne Institute in Tallahassee, FL. His original work appears in many private and public collections throughout the United States. He has served on the Board of the Florida Arts Council as well as the Florida Humanities Council. Professionally, he is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society, the Florida Watercolor Society and the Society of Illustrators in New York. In Panama City, he is on the board of directors of the Greater Downtown Association and Bay Arts Alliance.