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jmadstudio.bsky.social
Jacqueline Maldonado
@jmadstudio.bsky.social
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Surface Pattern Designer with expertise in Watercolor and digital design. Studio est. 2012 for art licensing, fine art commissions. Human made with emphasis on the artists hand. #art jacquelinemaldonado.com
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A few snaps of my studio #artist #artstudio #artdespitedystopia
June 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Studio update. Thrifted the work light (2 for $1 at Savers)
Hung my inks and brushes.
#artstudio #humanart #artdespitedystopia
April 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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At the Mean Eyed Cat in Austin, Texas #artist #artistselfie #mirrorselfie
April 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Moving in day…
Photo of artist studio. Alcove in the back has a built in desk with large iMac monitor and a desk chair in front. There is a loaded bookshelf above. Yellow cabinets line the left wall and there is a large stack of white paper on the floor, as well as a few random items and boxes. There is a desk extending outward in the middle right of the room cluttered with stacks on top, paintbrushes, books and other art supplies. The walls are white and unadorned except for an empty drying rack used for paintings hanging on the left wall.
April 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I think it’s time for some progress pics… I’m now on my third layer of spackle. There is an art to everything.
#studio #artstudio #artist #renovation #diy
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Today I read about the theory of “Positive Disintegration” and I find it fitting as a metaphor and to add context to the work I am publishing, the reconstruction of my art studio and my own personal growth journey.

#artdespitedystopia #art #artist #artstudio #surfacepatterndesign #interiordesign
Photographic mockup of a corner of a kitchen counter. On it is a grey ceramic pitcher and a small grey cylindrical ceramic cup with a thin light wooden lid. Both objects sit atop a round light wood tray. The countertop is a very pale grey. Behind the pitcher is a wall displaying a neutral, tonal wallpaper featuring large scale swirling brushstrokes in a soft off white color. The background color is a pale greige and the contrast between brushstrokes and background is subtle. The style is modern and abstract expressionist. The setting is modern and minimal, the wallpaper gives an art gallery feel. Hip, modern and sophisticated. Photograph of the artist’s studio wall after taking dismantling and taking everything off. The wall has remnants of torn patterned paper and the dull beige walls are stained with paint splatters and marks.
February 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Published a few designs on @spoonflower-social.bsky.social today and now I’m back to experiment to push the design a little further. This is digital watercolor layered with digital brushes in #adobefresco I embrace all of the ways I create art. #artdespitedystopia #surfacedesign #wallpaper #artist
Photograph of an iPad screen and the silhouette of an Apple Pencil. On the screen is a verticality oriented long rectangle. Within it is a digital painting/design of 4 rows of white undulating lines that appear to have been made by a brushstroke. Underneath the white wavy lines is a layer is b black and grey shadow following the curvature of the wavy lines. This layer suggests depth. The background is a light taupe. Overall, the design is bold and modern and has a sophisticated but edgy feel to it.
February 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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What I dream vs reality #diy #artstudio #artist #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesign #interiordesign #interiors #artdespitedystopia
Photo rendering of a bohemian styled interior space featuring an archway on the left. The wall directly in front view is adorned with colorfully vertical dashed stripes of softly painted watercolors in blues, white, pale greens, ochre and soft orange with a touch of pale pink. There is a mid century modern style console table in front of the wall with a small plant stand adjacent with a dried floral arrangement. The space is modern and minimalist but the colorful wall makes a statement. Sophisticated yet playful. Photograph of a squared archway in the middle of a renovation. The drywall is rough at the edges, the baseboard is torn and there is exposed wooden studs of the wall. The walls are white and the floor is white washed wooden plywood. There are also exposed wires connected to the outlet which is covered by blue painters tape.
February 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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So… I did this. Opening doors.
#carpenters and #builders I’m going to need advice for next steps. #diy built-in desk from a former closet. #artstudio #artist
Photo of a stripped door frame where the drywall has been removed from both sides of the doorway. It is the beginning stage of demolition of a closet to be converted into a built-in.
February 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Progress. First layers on the canvas.
#artist #artstudio #studiorevamp #artdespitedystopia #interiors #wip
February 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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All of us right now: #artdespitedystopia #nogenai #kleptocracy #artist #artstudio #electric #photography #art #thingswithfaces
Photograph of an electric power outlet. The switch plate is white but the edges have been wrapped with blue painter’s tape. The tape is torn and bent revealing two stacked black 3-pronged plug holes. The two black shapes resemble two shocked faces similar in character to the shock-face emojis. The artist is making a statement about the state of the world and how we feel living through it. It is an attempt at dark humor.
February 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I learned that I am really good at spackling but really bad at taking photos of it. #artstudio #artprocess #art #artist #artsandcrafts #studiorevamp #craftroom #artdespitedystopia
February 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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It was when I was working on my last commission that I realized that my workspace was not optimized for transitioning from teaching, to fine art, to my art licensing business. Another “before” pic to document the studio transformation. Also, I hate carpet. #artstudio #art #artist #diy
Photo of a corner of the artist’s studio shows a large, painted yellow wooden repurposed buffet cabinet. It is loaded with stacked books on the shelves and has long horizontal drawers and two large cabinet doors on the bottom. To the left, there is a drying rack hanging on the wall filled with paper paintings. Underneath is a plastic shelving storage unit. In the corner is a ln ikea vertical block bookcase with four stacked cubes. A faceted crystal hangs from the ceiling. The carpet is dingy and shows the marked indentations of objects that left their impressions.
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Dismantling my studio to transform it to a space that conforms to me and my long-developed and varied workflows. The goal is fluidity with enough structure for natural progression between physical and digital media. Documenting the process.
Photograph of the corner of the artist’s studio. On the floor, half of the carpet has been pulled up revealing the padding underneath. A white cable line twists out across the floor and out of frame to the left. The left wall shows a crowded wall hanging of canvases and art prints of varying sizes. Scattered horizontally across are shelves with paints. Buckets hang with paintbrushes. One painting hangs askew toward the bottom. The left wall features a blue repeat pattern in a large square on the wall with framed watercolor abstract painting, shelf with small bottles of ink paints, and small prints of varying sizes hung on the wall. Overall, the scene looks incomplete but also creative and cluttered.
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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In case you needed a color infusion to cleanse your feed. #art #artdespitedystopia #artist #color #palette #surfacedesign #illustrator
January 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Tell Mama and Belly I love them and give them head scritches for me 💕 Black cats unite 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ My other is a calico- she’s a forever baby, precious Emma (AKA Bo ‘Nems or Bebe)
January 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Surrounding myself in #pattern makes my soul happy. Got the TASCHEN #printedfabrics double volume book with my @spoonflower-social.bsky.social #wallpaper samples on my desk. #art #artist #surfacedesigner
Top view of artist desk showing wallpaper samples of her designed watercolor prints, one large scale muted blue and white floral, one colorfully contrasted and saturated green foliage, and the other few samples out of focus. On top of the wallpaper samples are two books. The one on the right features a bold geometric pattern with varying sized black dots with overlapping thin wavy lines in black, white and red. The spine is bright red and the book is thick. The second book on the left is partially cut off from view and features a small Scale floral print featuring fruits such as oranges. This book also has a red spine as is the same thickness as the second volume. In the background of the photo you can see the bright light of outdoors and the adjacent indoor wall features an abstract painterly print in cobalt blue and white also designed by the artist.
January 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Can’t wait to dive in to this beauty. Reconnecting to the art of pattern after landscape painting is a joy.
Photo shows the large volume book of PRINTED FABRICS TASCHEN The book is laying on its’ side so the thick spine is horizontal and parallel to the yellow desktop. The spine of the book is black with an all over speckled white dot pattern with clusters of small white dots form round shapes that seem to glow against the black. The outer edge of the spine of the book is a think and sharp red line that almost looks like satin. The background of the photo shows some mixed prints in paper rolls and blurred books on the bookshelf behind.
January 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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“Light on the Sound” 36”x48” Acryllic on Canvas.
En route to its new home.
January 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Details from my recent painting commission. Sea and sky. Acrylic on canvas
#art #landscapepainting #artist #artdespitedystopia
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Will the photomerge of my 40+ scans finally piece together the entire36”x48” painting? Stay tuned to find out 🤦🏻‍♀️
Screenshot of a Photoshop message pop-up that reads: Progress (on a light grey heading) Align Selected Layers Based On Content Cancel (as a button on the corner right) There is a progress bar to the left of the cancel button that shows a small blue dash with a long empty line ahead indicating very little progress has been made. Behind the message pop-up, you can see the artist’s work in progress which looks like rectangular canvases pieced together in varying squares of painted colors, soft cobalt blues, corals, green on another and blank, incomplete squares as well. There is also a blue outer outline of a square that extends to the perimeter of the image against a black background. This blue square outline is an indication of a selection in the Photoshop application.
January 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Finished this commissioned painting today. 36”x48” Acryllic on Canvas. Shoreridge Hills Beach, NY.
After many setbacks last year, it seems fitting that I triumph here, in the places I always find solace: in painting, and on the shore of the Sound.
#landscapepainting #artistsofbluesky #painter #art
Photorealistic acrylic painting of a seashore at dusk, the sun hiding behind clouds casting warm yellow glow behind purple clouds. The horizon is bright coral and the sky above the clouds is a crisp cerulean blue. The waves on the sea reflect the yellows and orange glows of the sun contrasted with purple and pale blue shadows and light reflections. To the left is the sandy and rocky beach with a large rock jutting out from the water just ahead of view. The mood is peaceful and reflective with beautiful play of pastel and natural hues juxtaposed with vibrant warm brights.
January 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Inspired by the #fauvist movement, painted for a @spoonflower-social.bsky.social challenge. Forest biome, #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesign #watercolor
January 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I’d love to see your #studiocats! This is Mr. Inky Gato. He is a lover and a fighter and my beloved chonky muse.
#artistcat #artiststudio #catlovers #artistsandcats #artistsofbluesky
January 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Flipping through my sketchbook…
January 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM