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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy autumnal equinox!! I made this print in 2023 with the help of my friend Doug, he showed me various forms of kitchen printmaking, using recycled materials. #autumnalequinox #pumpkin #printmaking #kitchenprintmaking #spookyseason #art #ecoart in honor of #YayoiKusama

A drippy lumpy pumpkin on a pedestal. Intaglio print on paper, black and white except the pumpkin.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From a Wisconsin cemetery

Headstone reads: Herman R. sohn von A & E Fischer

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Art side quest - at one of those paint your own ceramics places, I turned a pencil holder into a gravestone vase. Happy Spooky season! #Halloween #cemetery #roses

A gray rectangular vase holds 3 light purple roses and a pink zinnia, surrounded by greenery. R.I.P. and an angel’s face with wings are painted on the vase

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Goldfinch in flight gouache on paper, with ink tracing their flight path.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This Goldfinch landed here while I painted 😉 gouache on paper

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

American Goldfinch, gouache on paper. Detail of a larger work in progress, about the flight path of this beautiful bird. Yellow is my favorite color, Donna Tartt wrote good book of the same name, they love to eat the seeds in my garden.

Goldfinch, detail of a larger work in progress.

Goldfinch in process, pencil sketch, black areas painted.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#Be as a reminder you are enough, within you is what will benefit the world, just by being you. Less striving, more contentment. More like the ocean. #water #BlueSkyArtShow #ocean #beach #art #watercolor #painting

Watercolor painting of the beach with “Be” in blue script

Watercolor painting of the beach with “Be” in blue script, watercolor palate above it

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Swamp Milkweed floret gouache on paper

A white and pink flower with green background

Early stage of the painting, big white areas where the flower will be

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

“School” currently showing at Mainframe Studios, Nostalgia exhibit. Thank you to Blue Sky fans, who liked my initial concept for this, I posted it here first.

Artist standing next to the artwork on exhibit.

My abstract painting framed in the seat of a vintage child’s chair, hanging in the atrium at Mainframe Studios with other artworks.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I officially regret doing this to myself. 30 - 16”x 20” lino block handmade prints. This afternoon my partner asked how long it would take to print them. I said, “If it goes well, 3 hours. But it’s a new press, new lino block and new ink so it could take 8 hours.

Multiple prints hanging on a drying line in my studio.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

An Artist’s Insanity It starts with the concept- too ambitious (this lino block is 16”x20”) with little concept of how long it will take. If someone tries to reality check me, I get stubborn, ‘I’ll show you, faithless Debbie downer!’ Then it becomes an obsession.

Lino block with T-Rex riding a tricycle while a girl playfully attacks him.

The initial print of the lino block, like a rough draft so I can fine tune the block.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Sketching at the Des Moines Art Center yesterday; the bronze, “Water Woman” by Wangechi Mutu. Taking the time to sketch another artist’s work makes me appreciate it more, like crawling into their head while they were creating it.

A sketch of the Water Woman sculpture in pencil on paper, held up in front of the sculpture.

Sketch out of focus in the foreground, focused on the sculpture in the background.

Wangechi Mutu, Kenyan, active United States, born 1972
WATER WOMAN 2017
Bronze
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with
funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 2017.25
Mutu's Water Woman is a stylized, black bronze sculpture of a
nguva, a water-woman of East African folklore that blends
human characteristics with those of the dugong, an endangered
relative of the manatee. The artist has said the nguva
represents a "bewitching female aquatic being with powers to
entrance and drown susceptible mortals." In contrast to the
Western iconography, rooted in Hellenic, Nordic, and
AngloSaxon traditions, of silken-haired women with pale skin,
here, the siren is represented by a luminous, charcoal-colored
female body that centers African mythology and storytelling.

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Hylian Cabron @ladytacobellum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Ancient knowledge depicted on lost walls

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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 21/04/2026

‘World’s Collapse’ by Eric Fortune makes me feel like I’m caught in a surreal storm where anxiety and intrigue swirl together into one overwhelming emotion! #art #beautifulbizarre #ericfortune #surrealism #newcontemporary #acrylicpainting

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Lino block printmaking in process, 16”x20”. Transferred the design to the linoleum with pencil on transfer paper. Colored the lino with red ink I got on clearance. Found out why it was on clearance- it doesn’t dry! Every time I work on it, I look like a slaughterhouse worker.

A mirror image of a t-Rex riding a tricycle, right side on white paper, left on red linoleum.

A side view of the same art process, focused on the T-Rex head. Some parts have been carved out, they show up as white. A lot more work to go!

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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 09/04/2026

Self by Isabelle Albuquerque is like seeing nature reimagined in a dream. Amazing. Color shift painted stainless steel 60 x 21 x 32 in 152.4 x 53.3 x 81.3 cm #beautifulbizarre #modernart #installationart #flowersculpture #sculpture

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“This is who I am, this is who I remain.” 48”x 60” Acrylics and canvas In honor of the trans people I love and support. #BlueSkyArtShow #BlueSkyArt #painting #transrights #landscape #painting

A trans person in a bright blue ruffle dress sits in a pine forest with a mountain in the background, their dress becoming the water of the stream. A path through the forest beckons you, an invitation to authenticity.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

To varnish or not to varnish? Trying an out a new one on this study because my newest work was accepted to a show, which I’m excited about. But the artwork is a celebration of trans lives and I’m afraid it could be vandalized. The varnish would be a barrier layer and intensify the colors.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Quick study to paint pine trees versus deciduous trees. It’s still not what I want it to be. Fighting’ with my own neurons again. #art #painting #trees #pines #BlueSkyArt

A quick painting of a grove of pine trees.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Jenny Holzer, Untitled ("In a Dream..."), from The Survival Series, 1983–85

A metal plaque with raised lettering spelling out the phrase, "In a dream you saw a way to survive and your were full of joy."

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

General by William Kentridge 1993 but so fitting today I am sick about what is happening in so many places in the world. As a white American, I’m embarrassed. Being around good art helps my soul. “Studio practice cannot be divorced from political realities.”

A painting by William Kentridge, with background colors of yellow and red, black image of a bald general with glasses and lots of medals.

General
1993 (published 1998)
Drypoint, hand-coloring on handmade
paper
Museum purchase with funds from Shawn Zeitz
and Emily Gatsby, and the Print and Drawing
Study Club, 2001.4
William Kentridge
South African, 1955-
Kentridge's portrait harnesses the frantic
anxiety of scribbled lines to explore
relationships between race, gender,
and colonial trauma. The swollen jowls,
suggesting gluttonous greed, and the
vapid antipathy in the subject's gaze
are reminiscent of Lieutenant General
Lothar von Trotha, who led the genocide
of 1904-7 in German South West Africa.
-CKG
Kentridge, a storyteller, portrays white
authority as a kind of Humpty Dumpty:
a big-headed caricature on the verge of
collapse. Created in 1993 amid South
Africa's waning white rule and police
brutality, the work reflects Kentridge's
view that his studio practice cannot be
divorced from political realities. - DKN

Kentridge, a storyteller, portrays white
authority as a kind of Humpty Dumpty:
a big-headed caricature on the verge of
collapse. Created in 1993 amid South
Africa's waning white rule and police
brutality, the work reflects Kentridge's
view that his studio practice cannot be
divorced from political realities. -DKN

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026

This is what the Trump bureau of prisons is doing to trans people, putting them at immediate risk of medical emergency to forcefully detransition them. Unimaginable levels of cruelty.

A screenshot of text detailing a declaration from an individual in federal custody.
The introductory text reads: "In the declaration from Pinson, who is currently in Federal Bureau of Prisons custody at FCI Butner Medium I in North Carolina, she alleged that officials presented her with the new policy for treatment of transgender people in federal prisons:".
Below this is a block quote that reads: "On Friday morning, February 20, Dr. Lawrence Sichel, the Medical Director at FCI Butner, came to my cell and said that he had come to give me a copy of a new BOP policy about treatment of gender dysphoria. He said that I would not receive the next injection of my estrogen, which is scheduled within about ten days from now. He also said that he had no choice but to order the pharmacy to stop giving me my twice-daily spironolactone. He said he didn’t have the choice to titrate me down, and that this could put me at risk of a heart attack, stroke, or pulmonary embolism. He told me he had been directed by Central Office to come just to my cell immediately and give me a copy of the policy and to terminate my hormone therapy immediately, but that they were working on treatment plans for all of the other transgender people at the facility. He told me he was afraid he would lose his job if he didn’t do this."

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Nurul Amin Shah Alam rest in peace Victim of Ice, a blind man detained then released 5 miles from home without notification to lawyer or family, in Buffalo, NY. He died of exposure. #iceout #fuckice #blueskyartshow #artofresistance #art #sketch #blueskyart

“NURUL
AMIN
SHAH
ALAM
R.I.P.”
A sketch by Jen Gauerke of a man’s face in purple crayon, one eye askance. In the background in purple and yellow, footprints in the snow.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

All the yuppies support the Dump Trump Campaign, and won’t accept imitations! #analog #collage #Februllage #teeth (look at her smile) join them and you can be young and hip too!

An analog, hand made collage by Jen Gauerke, from vintage magazines, of two young well-dressed adults in a leather goods store smiling and holding a sign, “The Dump Trump Campaign”

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Drawing and collage from yesterday, inspired by this courageous woman who advocated for the rights of trans youth with Famed Unrest. #collage #advocacy #protecttranskids

Drawing/collage of a black woman with a saint-like halo of red.

Photo of a black woman at a protest wearing a red beret, sitting outside DHS, about to be arrested.

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Vox 🇺🇲 @voxrox.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

How about this American #Kestrel coming in for a landing! The smallest & most colorful Falcon. #Birds #Birdsky #Wildlife #NatureIsArt #BirdPhotography #Photography #ArtInPhotography Canon R6Miii, RF 200-800 shot at 800 mm.

A color photo of an American Kestrel; the smallest & most colorful Falcon. The bird's wings are indicative of the bird landing on a tree branch. It's tail feathers are spread like a fan.
📷 Amy Grant / Feb. 2026

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

#februllage2026 I sat down to make a collage on one of the prompts and this come out instead. #iceout #collage #analog

A collage of a snowman hovering over a lit lighter held by a woman. With the words “ICE OUT” and “KEEP FIGHTING”

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

When my husband fishes, I paint using the water from the stream. Studying nature, listening to the quiet noises, while painting, brings me peace.

A hilly landscape in brown winter, stream flowing, sunsetting in the background. In the foreground, a painting of the landscape.

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Every American needs to watch this:

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

In progress Sometimes I get so excited about where a painting is going I want to share! Acrylics on canvas

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

“Divine Dietrich” and “Magical Chanel” in vintage frames, are on their way to the gallery shop! #BlueSkyArt #Art #collage #acrylics #MarleneDietrich #CocoChanel

A photo of Marlene Dietrich embellished with blue and gold paint.

A photo of Coco Chanel embellished with acrylic paint, adding a crystal ball to her hand and gazing at a mesmerizing moon.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“We cannot live only for ourselves, a thousand fibers connect us.” -H. Melville Watercolor on paper Thinking about the turn society is taking, towards each other, valuing community. Inspired by the community work in Minneapolis.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Fluorescent to sound the alarm, Black as the hearts of ICE Fourth in the series It can be difficult to look at these faces, but focusing on victims is the way of compassion and empathy. Which is what binds us together. We can’t look away.

A painting by Jen Gauerke of a man on the ground, arms restrained behind his back, screaming as pepper spray runs down his face and covers his clothes. His face is fluorescent orange while everything else is in black and grey, the legs and shoes of ICE agents.

The beginning sketch for the painting in the previous slide, the man’s face is sketched in graphite, the other details haven’t been added yet.

The photo from npr that the painting was taken from. No name is listed for this victim of ICE brutality.

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Arlo ⚔️ @arlohawthorne.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Every day in 2026 I've woken up mad, without fail. Fuck ICE, fuck this whole fucking Administration. Bunch of evil evil evil dirty little liars. WE SEE THROUGH YOU!!!! *screams* what absolute scumbags. #art

A poster I made of a combat boot slamming down on an ice agent, the words on it say "I like my ice crushed"

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Man pepper sprayed while on the ground, knee in his back, hands bound behind his back. Fluorescent to sound the alarm, black as the hearts of ICE. Third in the series. #Minneapolis #ICEOUT #coloredpencil #flourescent #watercolor #portraitsofthemissing #art #BlueSkyArt

A man’s face is barely visible, mostly covered with pepper spray as he’s pushed to the ground.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

John Abernathy A photojournalist in Minneapolis detained by ICE and assaulted. Literally stomping on the first amendment of the constitution. This series of portraits is in fluorescents to serve as a warning, a bright alarm.

A portrait in colored pencil of John Abernathy, by Jen Gauerke, using graphite and fluorescent orange colored pencil.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Orbin Serrano Assaulted by ICE in Minneapolis on 1/18/26. This was the look on his face as they broke out his car window. They they threw him to the ground, knelt on his neck using the same tactic that killed George Floyd, and carried him away unconscious. His sister thought he was dead.

A portrait of Orbin Serrano by Jen Gauerke, using graphite and fluorescent green colored pencil. The shattered glass above his head and snowflakes speckled across the image.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

No title for this, it was an image in my head and I used all the fun paints; fluorescent, metallic, Black 3.0

Abstract painting with bright orange dots of color amidst a black and metallic background.

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Jen G @jeng-art.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Black Beauty acrylics on black paper 10”x 10” Experimenting with intensity of color recently, fluorescents and black. It’s likely related to intensity of current events. And I love color but haven’t allowed myself the freedom to go this far with it before.

Finished artwork by Jen Gauerke. Black background with black flower, the highlights are drawn in white and yellow.

Artwork barely started, a smattering of white lines. Hard to tell what’s happening here.

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Lola Lippi 🎨 @lolalippi.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My entry for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow and the theme #vibrant The light in Sagrada Família this morning was stunning 😍 📍Eixample, Barcelona (Residents can get a 50% discount to visit during this anniversary year)

Vibrant reflections of light on stone from vibrant stained glass windows.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is one of my favourite Japanese prints, I love the atmosphere and sense of tranquillity. I was lucky enough to be able to visit Chionin Temple when I was last in Japan and I've included some photos in the reply below. 🎨'Chionin Temple' - Kawase Hasui, 1933. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga 1/2

The inside of the Chion-in Temple in Kyoto. The evening sun casts pools of light inside of the dark temple gates.

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