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.
joycekjensen.com
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.
joycekjensen.com
PATCHWORK
Ink on 140# hot pressed watercolor paper
15.5 x 24”
© 2025 Joyce K Jensen
#inkdrawing #realism #barn
#barndrawing
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
PATCHWORK
Ink on 140# hot pressed watercolor paper
15.5 x 24”
© 2025 Joyce K Jensen
#inkdrawing #realism #barn
#barndrawing
Ink on 140# hot pressed watercolor paper
15.5 x 24”
© 2025 Joyce K Jensen
#inkdrawing #realism #barn
#barndrawing
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
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
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
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
Sunset.
Daniel Smith watercolors on 140# Arches cp.
14 x20”.
#watercolor #sunset #realism #landscape #fineart #painting #sky
Daniel Smith watercolors on 140# Arches cp.
14 x20”.
#watercolor #sunset #realism #landscape #fineart #painting #sky
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Sunset.
Daniel Smith watercolors on 140# Arches cp.
14 x20”.
#watercolor #sunset #realism #landscape #fineart #painting #sky
Daniel Smith watercolors on 140# Arches cp.
14 x20”.
#watercolor #sunset #realism #landscape #fineart #painting #sky
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
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
Finally some good news!
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Finally some good news!
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
#watercolor #sky #landscape #painting
May 29, 2025 at 5:17 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
#watercolor #sky #landscape #painting
Congratulations! I get it! This isn’t a link so erase it if you want to, but it’s a little water lollipop to reward you for your hard work. 😊
May 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Congratulations! I get it! This isn’t a link so erase it if you want to, but it’s a little water lollipop to reward you for your hard work. 😊
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
#watercolor #painting #landscape #clouds
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 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
#watercolor #painting #landscape #clouds
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
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
It’s not looking good.
March 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s not looking good.
Tomatoes Onions and Asparagus
Watercolor 8x11”
Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches 140# cp paper
© Joyce K Jensen
#watercolor #tmatoes #fineart #realism #paintng
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
Tomatoes Onions and Asparagus
Watercolor 8x11”
Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches 140# cp paper
© Joyce K Jensen
#watercolor #tmatoes #fineart #realism #paintng
Watercolor 8x11”
Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches 140# cp paper
© Joyce K Jensen
#watercolor #tmatoes #fineart #realism #paintng
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
“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
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
“Barn Window”
India ink with Daniel Smith watercolors
Arches hot pressed watercolor paper
7.5x9”
#InkDrawing #barn #watercolor
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
#oilpanting #landscape #winter
February 13, 2025 at 6:08 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
#oilpanting #landscape #winter
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
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
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
Are we still a beacon of hope?
Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches cold pressed 140# paper. 20x17”
#watercolor #painting #statueofliberty #art
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
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
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
popular and affordable.
Mostly fruit and vegetables still lifes, very colorful. But my best seller was this simple watercolor rhino. #watercolor #painting #rhino
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
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
It’s good to recycle. Happy New Year.
January 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It’s good to recycle. Happy New Year.
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
“Roswell”
Watercolor on 140# cp paper.
#art #vintagetoys #watercolor #newmexico #paintng #marbles
December 29, 2024 at 8:32 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
“Roswell”
Watercolor on 140# cp paper.
#art #vintagetoys #watercolor #newmexico #paintng #marbles
SILVER BALLS, ORNAMENTS AND RIBBONS
Watercolor, 13x19.75”
#watercolor #painting #holiday #art #fine arts
Watercolor, 13x19.75”
#watercolor #painting #holiday #art #fine arts
December 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
SILVER BALLS, ORNAMENTS AND RIBBONS
Watercolor, 13x19.75”
#watercolor #painting #holiday #art #fine arts
Watercolor, 13x19.75”
#watercolor #painting #holiday #art #fine arts
Happy birthday! Hope it was fun! This is an 8 x 10“ watercolor painting I did of a lollipop. Sometimes I think I paint just to look at the colors.
December 23, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Happy birthday! Hope it was fun! This is an 8 x 10“ watercolor painting I did of a lollipop. Sometimes I think I paint just to look at the colors.
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
#watercolor #painting #ornament #holiday #art #realism
December 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Love your work!!! I create highly realistic watercolors, mostly still lifes, and ink drawings of old buildings. I occasionally work in acrylic and colored pencil. I’m semi-retired but had a good career for about 15 years. Have also been looking for other realistic artists here.
November 29, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Love your work!!! I create highly realistic watercolors, mostly still lifes, and ink drawings of old buildings. I occasionally work in acrylic and colored pencil. I’m semi-retired but had a good career for about 15 years. Have also been looking for other realistic artists here.
Four Gourds
© Joyce K Jensen
Watercolor on Arches 140#cp
#watercolor #painting #realism #gourds #squash watercolor painting
© Joyce K Jensen
Watercolor on Arches 140#cp
#watercolor #painting #realism #gourds #squash watercolor painting
November 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Four Gourds
© Joyce K Jensen
Watercolor on Arches 140#cp
#watercolor #painting #realism #gourds #squash watercolor painting
© Joyce K Jensen
Watercolor on Arches 140#cp
#watercolor #painting #realism #gourds #squash watercolor painting