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Joyce K Jensen
@jakj.bsky.social
Visual artist, writer.
Intensely colorful watercolors, b&w ink drawings, a notch realer than real.
Former freelance writer working to complete a political sf novel. Spending my retirement years living my best life.
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PATCHWORK
Ink on 140# hot pressed watercolor paper
15.5 x 24”
© 2025 Joyce K Jensen
#inkdrawing #realism #barn
#barndrawing
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Happy Star Trek Day!

In those days I was a huge sci-fi fan, eagerly awaiting the premier. But first things first. My husband and I were on our honeymoon in Toronto, so I started with episode two the next week!

LLAP🖖🖖🖖

#StarTrek
September 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sunset.
Daniel Smith watercolors on 140# Arches cp.
14 x20”.
#watercolor #sunset #realism #landscape #fineart #painting #sky
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Inspired by photos I took at Grand Teton National Park in 2004. Daniel Smith watercolors on arches 140# cold pressed paper, 14 x 20”. © 2025 Joyce K Jensen. #watercolor. #painting #sky #GrandTeton
June 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Finally some good news!
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
More sky practice. From a photo taken outside of.Taos, NM. Painted wet in wet on an Arches rough block, 10 x 14“, Daniel Smith watercolors.
#watercolor #sky #landscape #painting
May 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
An experimental 7 x 10“ watercolor landscape, a little practice piece. The sky and land were done with the same three colors, Daniel Snith indanthrone blue, perelyne red and Hansa yellow medium. Few things are more fun than color mixing.
#watercolor #painting #landscape #clouds
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This was really just a practice piece because I was playing with some new brushes, but I like it, it has a nice spring-like feel, and it isn’t politics. #tulip #watercolorpainting #artist
April 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I normally only post my creative stuff but my grandson shared this beautiful video with me. I was born before the end of WWII. This made me realize that my generation has indeed lived through interesting times. I pray that change is coming again.

youtu.be/wEBlaMOmKV4?...
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by SamCookeVEVO
youtu.be
March 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Tomatoes Onions and Asparagus
Watercolor 8x11”
Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches 140# cp paper
© Joyce K Jensen
#watercolor #tmatoes #fineart #realism #paintng
March 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
 My aunt and uncle’s big beautiful Wisconsin dairy barn is no longer needed. Heartbreaking to watch it deteriorate.

“Barn Window”
India ink with Daniel Smith watercolors
Arches hot pressed watercolor paper
7.5x9”

#InkDrawing #barn #watercolor
February 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It seems like a nice day to share a little oil painting from a few years back with a big blue sky, on Bluesky. Here in the Midwest we barely see the sun all winter. I called this one Afternoon Sunlight. Oil on canvas, 11 x 14”.

#oilpanting #landscape #winter
February 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@klnappier.bsky.social Welcome aboard!
February 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A watercolor I did 15 years ago from photos during our last trip to NYC. It’s called Beacon of Hope, and I often pair it with Emma Lazarus‘s beautiful poem.
Are we still a beacon of hope?
Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches cold pressed 140# paper. 20x17”

#watercolor #painting #statueofliberty #art
February 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Joyce K Jensen
Yet another 60s era song that feels painfully relevant in our current era.

"Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.

Do it in the name of Heaven, you can justify it in the end."
#Interestingly the occult-rock pioneers Coven entered the US Billboard Top 40 in Oct. of 1971 with their cover of “One Tin Soldier,” also earning US #OneHitWonder honors. It spent 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at #26 that November. #OneHitWondering #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=6asI...
Coven - One Tin Soldier (MGM version 1971)
YouTube video by boyjohn
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February 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I resubscribed to the NYTimes in spite of myself. They offered $.58 a week for a year, subtracted my games subscription, and charged $5.60 for the next year.

What will WaPo offer when that one expires?

Meanwhile I’ve been reading The Guardian.
January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Back in ye olden tymes when I still did art shows, I had many of my paintings printed on tiles for sale. They were
popular and affordable.
Mostly fruit and vegetables still lifes, very colorful. But my best seller was this simple watercolor rhino. #watercolor #painting #rhino
January 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I’m sometimes confused as to whether a colored pencil artwork should be called the drawing or painting. This one is definitely a drawing. From 2021. My first completed work in covered pencil
January 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It’s good to recycle. Happy New Year.
January 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I often paint marbles and vintage toys, especially tin toys that have dents and dings. This is one of my favorites, on a very fragile vintage map of New Mexico.
“Roswell”
Watercolor on 140# cp paper.
#art #vintagetoys #watercolor #newmexico #paintng #marbles
December 29, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Joyce K Jensen
Hey everybody! You may notice Trending start to appear in your app!

Here’s some quick info:

- This is a beta
- Search page on mobile, right sidebar on desktop
- You can disable it with the X button on the trending section
- English only for now, while we test it

Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
SILVER BALLS, ORNAMENTS AND RIBBONS
Watercolor, 13x19.75”
#watercolor #painting #holiday #art #fine arts
December 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Struggling to scare up some holiday spirit. That seems to be going around this year. So I’ll post a little watercolor painting of an ornament I did several years ago, with hopes that everyone’s mood picks up. “Ornament,”(c) Joyce K Jensen
#watercolor #painting #ornament #holiday #art #realism
December 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM