<p>A maritime work by Paul Brent.</p>

SEASIDE Fairweather House and Garden presents an exhibition of works by artist Paul Brent, with a reception from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 27. Throughout the summer season, Brent will make appearances and provide lectures that will engage his audience. The reception will offer a light brunch with mimosas.

Brent is an artist whose work has become internationally known to represent the coastal lifestyle. From his watercolors to his recent oil paintings he captures nature in its best and most idyllic form. While being best known for his beach subjects, he has painted floral and landscapes that are equally indicative of his talent to recreate all aspects of nature. He especially enjoys painting local scenes and beachscapes that he views near his home studios in Panama City, Florida and in Seaside.

Brent attended California State College, majoring in art before transferring to University of California at Berkeley to study architecture, where he completed his bachelors degree before joining the U.S. Air Force. While stationed in Panama City, Brent met his wife, Lana Jane. Afterwards, they married and returned to California, where he completed his masters degree in architecture.

The couple has an art gallery in Panama City where they live part of the year; from June to October they live in Seaside. Brent has been profiled in many publications including the Wall Street Journal and Coastal Living. He is a signature member of the National and Florida Watercolor Societies and a member of the Society of Illustrators.

One of the unexpected pleasures of an artist returning to a place year after year, as in this case, Paul Brent, is that every summertime is a sort of homecoming, says Denise Fairweather, owner of Fairweather House and Garden. Constancy is the most underrated of virtues. Returning artists, find everything as they left it, the oceans, the skies, the beach as if they merely stepped out for an errand then returned … Against a familiar backdrop, one notices breathtaking new work and endless inspirations.

Fairweather House and Garden is located at 612 Broadway. For more information, call 503-738-4003 or visit www.fairweatherhouseandgarden.com