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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 23/09/2026

Just finished "Lucky Cat", 16x16", oil on cradled panel. Objects found and grown here in Seattle. #art #artist #oilpainting #luckycat #stilllife #realism @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social

Oil painting of a cute smiling carved stone cat next to a purple vase filled with yellow flowers set in a white table. The cat figurine holds a flower

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 01/07/2026

'A Little Tart, A Lot Of Heart', oil on panel, 20x24", just finished 🍋💕 #art #artist #seattleartist #glass #stilllife #realism @fineartgallery.bsky.social

An oil painting on an easel depicting a green glass pitcher with a lemon slice in water, a small clear glass of lemon water next to it and a pair of heart shaped pink and purple sunglasses. Feels like summer

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 05/05/2026

Appearing, 20 x 16", oil on panel, spring 2026 (Shown low res) Because not everything is as it appears 🍐 #pears #stilllifepainting #oilpaint #seattle #art #painting @fineartgallery.bsky.social @bsky.art

An oil painting of a glass pear posed next to half a fresh pear with a knife on a cutting board

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 13/02/2026

Unveiling the second layer of “It Must Be Love”, 16x20”, oil on panel, WIP. With time and practice, I’ve finally learned it’s best to not eat the still life until completion. Hoping to finish this sweet treat on Valentine's Day so I can finally indulge! #art #artist #oilpainting #chocolate #bonbon

A work in progress oil painting of a cerulean blue glass candy dish filled with foil wrapped truffles. A gold wrapped truffle sits beside it next to an unwrapped one on a wood table.

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 21/01/2026

Hot Sauce and Goodwill. 16x20", oil on panel, 2026. The clear bottle was a hot sauce bottle and I found the red vase at a Seattle Goodwill store. The carnation came from my local TJ's last month and matched the red vase beautifully. #art #painting #stilllife @fineartgallery.bsky.social @bsky.art

An oil painting of a red carnation in a clear triangular bottle that has the word ITALY embossed on it next to a shiny red round bud vase. The red vase shows a reflection of the clear bottle with flower and the table and lighting equipment.

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 27/11/2025

"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love." -Monet #love

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CreativeMornings @creativemornings.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

November’s theme is GROWTH. It was chosen by our Sacramento chapter in California, illustrated by Amber Rankin, and presented by Adobe. buff.ly/BKHbl6D Elevate your feed with this month’s hashtag: #CMgrowth

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 29/10/2025

Postcards are done & headed to @brassworksgallery.bsky.social for the International Postcard Show opening Dec 13! All postcards are $100. Buy in-person or shop online. My little oil paintings are named 'Happy Hour Triptych'. Get 1, 2, or all 3! 🫒 #art #painting #olives #postcard #artgallery

An oil painting triptych of three 4x6 postcards. Each has a green stuffed olive. There's one toothpick connecting all 3 across all 3 postcards.

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 15/10/2025

Finished a new painting. 'Little Blue House', 16x20", oil on panel. A piece about home and moving. #art #artist #painting #oilpainting #seattleartist @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 10/09/2025

'Stuffed', oil on panel, 16x20", me. I saw this jar at the grocery store and the colors and layout of the olives called to me. #art #painting #stuffedolives #artist #oilpainting #stilllife #realism #seattle @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social

A large oil painting of a jar of chili stuffed green olives with a bright red lid. The jar is offset to the left with rays of afternoon sunlight passing through

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 30/07/2025

Lucky, 12x16", oil on panel, 2025. I found the clover in a friend's yard and the glass is from SGHR. It rooted in water! 🍀 #artist #oilpainting #art #painting #fourleafclover #lucky #glass @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social

A four leaf clover sprouting roots in water in a colorful blue, orange, yellow, and brown whisky glass with a long colorful shadow

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 23/07/2025

Red Admiral, 5x7, oil on panel. The inspiration came when I was visiting a dusty graveyard I had never been to before. This butterfly with a broken wing came out of no where and landed on my hand for a while. #redadmiral #butterflypainting #oilpainting #art #painting @fineartgallery.bsky.social

A black and orange red admiral butterfly on a metal railing over a staircase. The tip of one wing is broken.

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 14/05/2025

"Happy Hour" 🫒🫒🫒 5x7" mini oil painting on panel that I recently finished. Because I love olives. #olives #art #painting #artist #oilpainting #happyhour #miniatureart #stilllife #realism

Three green pimento stuffed olives on a toothpick on a white plate. Still life realism oil painting

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 06/05/2025

Yellow Dahlia, a miniature oil painting on canvas I recently finished, inspired by the dahlia garden at Stanley Park in Vancouver BC. #art #oilpainting #artist #dahlia #painting #miniaturepainting

A small square oil painting of a yellow dahlia with a bee on it. Dark green leafy background

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 22/04/2025

Wordle 1,403 2/6 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Appropriate! #wordle #hinthint #secondtry

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 02/04/2025

Just dropped off this painting to ‘The Power of Color’ show at Fogue Gallery in Seattle. The exhibit dates are 4/5-5/25 2025. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, Noon-5:00pm. #psgna #psgnwa #pnwart #pnwartists #seattleartists #pnwartist #artgallery #artist #foguegallery #artwalk #art

Puget Sound Group Northwest Artists promo for The Power of Color show at Fogue Gallery in Georgetown Seattle, showing my painting, Sunrise at Fushimi Inari

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 20/03/2025

Happy Spring everyone! Here's Spring Bud, oil on canvas, 6x6". It will be shown in the 50th Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival at Seattle Center next month.🌸 #art #artist #oilpainting #oilpainters #springtime #cherryblossom #realism #seattleart #Seattleartist

Square oil on canvas painting of a cherry blossom bloom in a small white and brown bud vase on a sunny windowsill with a blue sky background

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 14/03/2025

Sunrise at Fushimi Inari, oil on canvas, 15.5x19.5", 2025. This painting was referenced from part of a photo I took on the trail in 2019 in Kyoto. @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social #fushimiinari #toriigates #oiloncanvas #seattleartist #oilpainting #art #artist #realism

Sunrise at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto Japan, in the tunnel of vermilion torii gates going up the stone steps

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day! I've got a painting in the 2025 Women in Art show at Las Laguna Art Gallery in CA to help celebrate 🦋 Here's a screenshot of their website- #artgallery #art #artist #painting #mixedmedia #bluebutterfly #womensday #internationalwomensday #womeninart

Screenshot of my painting of Blue Butterfly on Orange flower at Las Laguna Art Gallery

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 18/02/2025

Maya of Vashon, oil on canvas. This piece was a memorial commission I did for a friend. 🙏 #dogportrait #art #artist #painting #oilpainting #blacklab #seattle #bluesky @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social

A portrait of Maya the black lab at the water with a blue sky background

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 13/02/2025

Who else loves avocados? 🥑 Avocado Halves, 9x12, oil on heavy paper. #art #artist #avocado #oilpainting #myart #artwork @bsky.art @fineartgallery.bsky.social

Oil painting of an avocado cut in half on a round white plate in a dark space

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 05/02/2025

Throw back to last October when my painting made it on the show postcards at the Schack 🍎 #artsky #artist #oilpainter #artgallery #coverartist #applepie

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 27/01/2025

My painting of 'Rear View Pear' was marked as nudity by Instagram and is in violation of their terms. #censorship #censoredart #meta #painting #artshare #stilllife #artsky #artoftheday #pear #toosexy

Painting of a very curvy bosc pear I found at the grocery store sitting on the widow sill for a still life

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 22/01/2025

Sharing another favorite from last year- Dambo's Birdhouse, oil on canvas, 16x20", oil on canvas, painted with permission from sculptor Thomas Dambo. You can see these irl in Lincoln Park in west Seattle 🐥 #art #oilpainting #oilpainter #seattleartist #birdhouse

Cluster of colorful birdhouses on a post high in the cloudy but blue sky. Painted from a Thomas Dambo sculpture with his permission

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 21/01/2025

Thought I'd share a few of my favorites from last year while I work on new things for 2025... Here's 'Love Lemons Too', oil on canvas, 8x10". The original Love Lemons, oil on board, 4x6" was sold at a gallery, hence the 'Too' :) #art #seattleartist #oiloncanvas #oilpainting

Two bright yellow lemons my husband picked out at the grocery store for my still life, painted on canvas

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Jess Sweeney @jesswe.art · 11/01/2025

This is my first post and the last oil painting I finished in December - a study of a Rose of Sharon that was growing in my mom's yard last summer 🌸 #roseofsharon #oilpainting #seattleartist

My Rose of Sharon oil painting on canvas

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