Kent Lemon was born in 1960 in Colorado Springs, CO where he grew up in a home full of paintings and a family immersed in the arts.  He was educated at Colorado University, Boulder and the Parsons School of Design in New York City.  After studying in New York, he returned to Colorado and apprenticed with Denver artists Mark Daily and Ned Jacob.  He was also influenced Michael Lynch and Kang Cho and particularly by paintings of Joaquin Sorolla.  With numerous trips around the country and abroad as a plein-air painter, he has gained wide acclaim for his use of color.  

Lemon is a member of the Salmagundi Club in NYC and is an associate member of Allied Artists of America.  He has exhibited at the National Wildlife Museum; Fort Hunter Museum, PA; and the Gilcrease Museum, OK and is represented in the collections of The Hearst Corporation, General Motors, Atlantic Richfield, the University of Missouri, Colorado National Bank, Delloitte, Haskens & Sells, The Woman’s Bank, N.A., Blanca Pons-Sorolla, and Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Cohen, among others.  Lemon has been featured in articles published in Southwest Art Magazine, Art Talk, and is regularly featured in Gray’s Sporting Journal.