Jen G

@jeng-art.bsky.social

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Visual artist focusing on contexts and connections. Comfort the disturbed Disturb the comfortable 🚫AI 🚫NFT 🚫Bots 💛Weird human stuff💛 she/her

Artist standing next to the artwork on exhibit.
Multiple prints hanging on a drying line in my studio.
Lino block with T-Rex riding a tricycle while a girl playfully attacks him.
A sketch of the Water Woman sculpture in pencil on paper, held up in front of the sculpture.
A mirror image of a t-Rex riding a tricycle, right side on white paper, left on red linoleum.
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.
A quick painting of a grove of pine trees.
A large painting by Jen Gauerke of a forest, with a white bench and grass in the foreground.
A painting by William Kentridge, with background colors of yellow and red, black image of a bald general with glasses and lots of medals.
A photo of a watercolor painting of peaches, by Jen Gauerke, with the peaches in the background.
“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.
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”
Drawing/collage of a black woman with a saint-like halo of red.
A collage with a background of brightly colored squares, with a shape of a heart cut from an image with caution tape.
A collage of a snowman hovering over a lit lighter held by a woman. With the words “ICE OUT” and “KEEP FIGHTING”
A hilly landscape in brown winter, stream flowing, sunsetting in the background. In the foreground, a painting of the landscape.
A detail of a painting, by Jen Gauerke, in progress, partially painted profile of a man’s head with black hair and beard.
A photo of Marlene Dietrich embellished with blue and gold paint.
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.
A man’s face is barely visible, mostly covered with pepper spray as he’s pushed to the ground.
A portrait in colored pencil of John Abernathy, by Jen Gauerke, using graphite and fluorescent orange colored pencil.
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.
A drawing of a blue footed boobie bird looking straight at you, with the text “Enough.”
Abstract painting with bright orange dots of color amidst a black and metallic background.
A painting in progress by Jen Gauerke, of a forested landscape. This is a detail showing tree trunks on the left, hillside with plants on the right, something at the bottom has a paper taped over it.
Finished artwork by Jen Gauerke. Black background with black flower, the highlights are drawn in white and yellow.
A painting by Jen Gauerke of a sunset on the ocean, looking towards shore. Bright pink reflects off the water, with the shore in the distance gilded with gold leaf. A mottled dark blue dominates the painting.
A dirt road with steep banks on each side, with trees towering over on a bright summer day
A portrait of a border collie by Jen Gauerke, with colorful background, pink and blue spirals.
A watercolor sketch by Jen Gauerke, of Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis today, 1/7/26. A woman with curly blond hair, with the word “GOOD” in blue at the bottom.
A painting by Jen Gauerke of her pet, a Tibetan Mastiff
A painting in progress by Jen Gauerke, of a redwood forest.
A watercolor painting by Jen Gauerke. Green amorphous blob with a blue background. Could be a hill, could be a monster, could be a mound of moss. Final
A surreal figure (abstracted and strange) in black and white in front of a colorful surreal landscape of desert dunes, purple mountains and a brokedown palace.
Black background with yellow acrylic paint depicting waves depicted with line design. Yellow moon with a spiderweb encircling. Added a bit of blue colored pencil to the sky for texture.
Completed painting: man lying face down in the grass looking at his phone, while a girl stands over him, mouth agape, pointing at him.
On a black background two figures are emerging, one stooping over the other figure lying face down on the ground. They’re searching for a lost phone in a field at night, with phones, pic taken with a phone.
A colorful abstract painting with black ink lines bubble/scale-like. With the words “Imagine how we thrive survive” in select bubbles.
A water sunset painting by Jen Gauerke. Includes gold leaf and fluorescent pink!
The first page of the story, mostly whit background with drawn swirls and circles. Blue around the circles, waves of purple and blue.
A wheatpaste poster by Jen Gauerke 2021, dark blue background, orange letters spell out “KEEP LIVIN” in the foreground is a green mask covering nose and mouth, with green eyes.
Acrylics painting by Jen Gauerke of a white building with domed red roof, stylized clouds in a blue sky
Two artworks in black frames hang on a bright green wall, one above the other.
Artists Jen Gauerke and Steve Hosch are high fiving above their collaborative artwork - Altar to Existential Joy
A print by Jen Gauerke, a background aged with hundreds of small marks, worn corners, with angular lines and a circle, an organic line. At that time, it was about trying to understand relationships, I had so little idea of what a healthy relationship was as a young adult. Yet I was married just two years later, still not knowing how much I didn’t know.
Artwork by Jen Gauerke with vintage collage elements (computer ad, photo of people on a boat and a handwriting worksheet named ‘Rules for Play’). A yellow and green paisley pattern moves from the top right towards the bottom, with blue emerging from the photo.
A watercolor painting by Jen Gauerke of colorful autumn leaves arranged in a star pattern.
A cemetery in Autumn, center is a tall stone with a circular opening with a cross, creating a window effect.
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A sunset sky, a tall modernist church spire and a golden tree on an autumn evening.
A black and white image of a girl’s face.
A pair of worn white baby shoes with a black high heel painted on the side.
Blues, greens, white and a hint of orange denoting trees at night and fireflies with halos of light.
Blues, greens, white and a hint of orange denoting trees at night and an edge of the bench.
A watercolor sketch of a creek by Jen Gauerke, with the creek in the background.
A painting of a white bench in tall grass, trees in shadow behind it, backlit by the sunset. It is hanging on a wall next to a door. 48”x60”