Jen Sanders Art

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05/22/2026

This is Fortune Cookie Wisdom, a 2023 abstract expressionism painting that is still available through Red Dot Culture gallery if she needs to come live at your house.

I named her Fortune Cookie Wisdom because of the very specific kind of unsolicited advice that people love to offer up like they’re doing you a favor. You know the type. I have a personal policy about not taking advice from someone I wouldn’t trade places with and honestly it has served me really well.

The process always starts the same way, watery acrylic straight onto raw cotton canvas, no rules, just layering color and marks and texture until something clicks. The stormy navy and slate blues on this one came together in a way I wasn’t expecting and I think that’s why I love her so much. The best ones always surprise you.

Abstract expressionism, original painting, available now. Link in bio.

05/21/2026

Truly an world class art supply collector over here. The pegboard does not lie. If collecting paint tubes was a career I would be absolutely thriving and probably featured in some kind of documentary about people who have a problem.

The art selling is also happening I promise. Just maybe not at the same pace as the acquiring of every single color that Blick has ever produced.

If you’re a fellow creative who has somehow convinced yourself that buying more supplies is the same as making more art you are not alone and I see you and we should probably talk about it.

05/20/2026

Listen every single abstract painting goes through an ugly phase and if you’ve never experienced it you’re either lying or you’ve never pushed a painting far enough. There is a point in almost every piece I make where I genuinely question all of my choices and have to give myself a little pep talk just to keep going.

The ones that make it through that phase are almost always the best ones. The ones I gave up on in the ugly phase still haunt me a little honestly.

This is just part of the process. The mess, the doubt, the moment where you’re holding it like a baby and telling it that it’s going to be okay even though you’re not totally sure that’s true. That’s abstract painting. That’s all of it.

If you’re in the ugly phase right now just keep going. It knows.

05/14/2026

Every single painting goes through this phase and I refuse to believe I’m the only one. You lay down some color, you step back, you think okay yeah I actually love this. You walk away feeling like you figured something out. Then you come back the next day and suddenly you two have problems and you can’t even explain why.
Abstract painting is basically a complicated relationship that you chose on purpose. Some days it’s giving everything you wanted and some days you’re standing in front of your easel at 9am having a full conversation with a canvas like that’s a normal thing to do.
The wild part is I keep coming back. Every single time. Because when it’s good it’s really good and that’s enough to make you forget all the days it absolutely was not.
If you know you know. Abstract artists and overthinkers this one’s for you.

05/07/2026

Come behind the scenes of a real licensing commission from start to finish, raw cotton canvas, color mixing, and close up details of the finished paintings.

This is what the process actually looks like, messy mistakes and all. Artist life is not always perfect and I think that’s what makes it real.

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03/06/2026

Past me thought becoming an artist would mostly mean painting whenever inspiration hit.

Present me knows the artist life actually means long hours in the studio, paint everywhere, way too many art supplies, starting paintings that might not work, fixing paintings I thought were finished, and thinking about art even when I’m not in the studio.

Building an art career is a lot of trial and error, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of learning how to keep going when something doesn’t turn out the way you imagined.

Some days being an artist feels like the hardest career path I could’ve chosen.

But somehow painting and making art is also the most fun and the most frustrating thing at the same time.

So if I could go back and warn past me about the artist life, I probably would.

Not to stop her.

Just so she knew what she was signing up for. 🎨

03/02/2026

‘Semi Sweet’ just found its home.

I made this piece back in 2024 on unstretched canvas. I love including originals like this in my collections because they make collecting art more accessible. Smaller works, raw edge canvas, pieces on paper. Different sizes and price points so more people can own original art.

This color palette only showed up in two paintings from that collection. Soft pinks, warm neutrals, little hits of contrast. It was such a fun and feminine one to create.

Unstretched canvas can be float mounted, framed, or even hung with magnetic scroll hangers. I love how flexible they are.

Every collection deserves variety. And every collector deserves options.

01/15/2026

Artists accepting compliments like: not sure how to act, actually.

I don’t know why, but when someone says something nice about my work, my instinct is to downplay it. Even when I’m proud of it. Even when it took time and effort and doubt to finish.

This fish painting was just for fun, and maybe that’s why it landed. People liked it. A lot. And instead of just letting that feel good, my brain immediately tried to brush it off.

Working on letting compliments land instead of deflecting them.

01/10/2026

Getting out of a creative rut always feels like a win… until I realize I put all my energy into making art and absolutely none into basic human maintenance.

When the ideas start flowing again, everything else kind of falls to the side. Movement, sunlight, balance, self-care… all optional apparently. I’ll remember eventually. Or I won’t. We’ll see.

Right now I’m just letting myself enjoy the fact that I’m creating again and trusting that the rest will catch up later. One thing at a time.

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