Winter 2026 Art by Kennan Hutchins, including the cover art, The Plan

The Plan

We are delighted to have Kennan Hutchins’ painting, The Plan, on the cover of our Winter 2026 issue. Created by ink on paper, The Plan was painted by Kennan in 2024 as part of an artistic vision in which “images demand completion or transformation in a dialogue that gives the painter creative direction.” As a painter, Hutchins has worked toward this vision for many years.

The “regions” of the arts are the only nations of hope, the republics of gratitude, that the world needs.

— Kennan Hutchins

Kennan Hutchins is an artist and a musician, living and working in Potsdam, Germany, twenty miles southwest of Berlin and all its cultural institutions. As an artist, Kennan works primarily with acrylic and ink on canvas or paper, creating abstract works on a large scale. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, most recently in Potsdam’s Cafe Matschke. As a musician, Kennan has a deeply heartfelt connection to chamber music and new music. Originally from Ohio, Kennan Hutchins’ parents were both musicians, and Kennan studied the violin with Donald Weilerstein and the viola with Abraham Skernik. He has been a part of hundreds of chamber music performances, including with The Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra. Kennan’s painting, The Plan, is featured on the cover of the Winter 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly. Eleven additional pieces by Kennan Hutchins appear as the title page artwork for the stories in this same issue. You can see more of Kennan’s artwork at Atelier Ken Hutchins and on his Instagram page @Hutchinzzz.

More Kennan Hutchins Artwork in the Winter 2026 issue:

(All photos by Manfred Wolf)