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A large painting by Jen Gauerke of a forest, with a white bench and grass in the foreground.

#ForestFriday

A metal plaque with raised lettering spelling out the phrase, "In a dream you saw a way to survive and your were full of joy."

Jenny Holzer, Untitled ("In a Dream..."), from The Survival Series, 1983–85

#General #Kentridge #art #StanleyMuseumofArt

A painting by William Kentridge, with background colors of yellow and red, black image of a bald general with glasses and lots of medals.

General 1993 (published 1998) Drypoint, hand-coloring on handmade paper Museum purchase with funds from Shawn Zeitz and Emily Gatsby, and the Print and Drawing Study Club, 2001.4 William Kentridge South African, 1955- Kentridge's portrait harnesses the frantic anxiety of scribbled lines to explore relationships between race, gender, and colonial trauma. The swollen jowls, suggesting gluttonous greed, and the vapid antipathy in the subject's gaze are reminiscent of Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, who led the genocide of 1904-7 in German South West Africa. -CKG Kentridge, a storyteller, portrays white authority as a kind of Humpty Dumpty: a big-headed caricature on the verge of collapse. Created in 1993 amid South Africa's waning white rule and police brutality, the work reflects Kentridge's view that his studio practice cannot be divorced from political realities. - DKN

Kentridge, a storyteller, portrays white authority as a kind of Humpty Dumpty: a big-headed caricature on the verge of collapse. Created in 1993 amid South Africa's waning white rule and police brutality, the work reflects Kentridge's view that his studio practice cannot be divorced from political realities. -DKN

General by William Kentridge
1993 but so fitting today

I am sick about what is happening in so many places in the world. As a white American, I’m embarrassed. Being around good art helps my soul. “Studio practice cannot be divorced from political realities.”

My words are nothing but, I am so sorry, as an American.

A photo of a watercolor painting of peaches, by Jen Gauerke, with the peaches in the background.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Round #peaches #watercolor
Missing summer

This is what the Trump bureau of prisons is doing to trans people, putting them at immediate risk of medical emergency to forcefully detransition them.

Unimaginable levels of cruelty.

“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.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam rest in peace
Victim of Ice, a blind man detained then released 5 miles from home without notification to lawyer or family, in Buffalo, NY. He died of exposure.
#iceout #fuckice #blueskyartshow #artofresistance #art #sketch #blueskyart

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”

All the yuppies support the Dump Trump Campaign, and won’t accept imitations!
#analog #collage #Februllage #teeth (look at her smile) join them and you can be young and hip too!

Drawing/collage of a black woman with a saint-like halo of red.

Photo of a black woman at a protest wearing a red beret, sitting outside DHS, about to be arrested.

Drawing and collage from yesterday, inspired by this courageous woman who advocated for the rights of trans youth with Famed Unrest.
#collage #advocacy #protecttranskids

A collage with a background of brightly colored squares, with a shape of a heart cut from an image with caution tape.

Heart Math
#Februllage #mathematics #collage #analog #heart #februllage2026 #art

A color photo of an American Kestrel; the smallest & most colorful Falcon. The bird's wings are indicative of the bird landing on a tree branch. It's tail feathers are spread like a fan. 📷 Amy Grant / Feb. 2026

How about this American #Kestrel coming in for a landing! The smallest & most colorful Falcon.

#Birds #Birdsky
#Wildlife
#NatureIsArt
#BirdPhotography
#Photography
#ArtInPhotography

Canon R6Miii, RF 200-800 shot at 800 mm.

A collage of a snowman hovering over a lit lighter held by a woman. With the words “ICE OUT” and “KEEP FIGHTING”

#februllage2026
I sat down to make a collage on one of the prompts and this come out instead. #iceout #collage #analog

A hilly landscape in brown winter, stream flowing, sunsetting in the background. In the foreground, a painting of the landscape.

When my husband fishes, I paint using the water from the stream. Studying nature, listening to the quiet noises, while painting, brings me peace.

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Every American needs to watch this:

A detail of a painting, by Jen Gauerke, in progress, partially painted profile of a man’s head with black hair and beard.

In progress
Sometimes I get so excited about where a painting is going I want to share!
Acrylics on canvas

A photo of Marlene Dietrich embellished with blue and gold paint.

A photo of Coco Chanel embellished with acrylic paint, adding a crystal ball to her hand and gazing at a mesmerizing moon.

“Divine Dietrich” and “Magical Chanel” in vintage frames, are on their way to the gallery shop!
#BlueSkyArt #Art #collage #acrylics #MarleneDietrich #CocoChanel

You turned your anxiety into something beautiful!

The past turn to individualism (1980s -2020) from my perspective, was about valuing self-worth over allegiance to unhealthy organizations. Now that we’ve done the individual work to be healthier, maybe we can build healthy places to be together. That’s one of my hopes!

“We cannot live only for ourselves, a thousand fibers connect us.”
-H. Melville
Watercolor on paper

Thinking about the turn society is taking, towards each other, valuing community. Inspired by the community work in Minneapolis.

#minnesota #artofresistance #art #BlueSkyArt photo from #npr #ICEOUT #flourescent #black #watercolor #acrylics #graphite #analog

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.

The beginning sketch for the painting in the previous slide, the man’s face is sketched in graphite, the other details haven’t been added yet.

The photo from npr that the painting was taken from. No name is listed for this victim of ICE brutality.

Fluorescent to sound the alarm, Black as the hearts of ICE
Fourth in the series

It can be difficult to look at these faces, but focusing on victims is the way of compassion and empathy. Which is what binds us together. We can’t look away.

A poster I made of a combat boot slamming down on an ice agent, the words on it say "I like my ice crushed"

Every day in 2026 I've woken up mad, without fail. Fuck ICE, fuck this whole fucking Administration. Bunch of evil evil evil dirty little liars. WE SEE THROUGH YOU!!!! *screams* what absolute scumbags.
#art

A man’s face is barely visible, mostly covered with pepper spray as he’s pushed to the ground.

Man pepper sprayed while on the ground, knee in his back, hands bound behind his back.
Fluorescent to sound the alarm,
black as the hearts of ICE. Third in the series.
#Minneapolis #ICEOUT
#coloredpencil #flourescent #watercolor #portraitsofthemissing
#art #BlueSkyArt

#minneapolis #FuckICE #portraitsofthemissing #portrait #coloredpencil #BlueSkyArt

A portrait in colored pencil of John Abernathy, by Jen Gauerke, using graphite and fluorescent orange colored pencil.

John Abernathy
A photojournalist in Minneapolis detained by ICE and assaulted. Literally stomping on the first amendment of the constitution.

This series of portraits is in fluorescents to serve as a warning, a bright alarm.

Thankfully, she talked to him and found out he’s being held in Texas.

#Minneapolis #FuckICE #art #portraitofthemissing #portrait #coloredpencil #BlueSkyArt

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.

Orbin Serrano

Assaulted by ICE in Minneapolis on 1/18/26. This was the look on his face as they broke out his car window. They they threw him to the ground, knelt on his neck using the same tactic that killed George Floyd, and carried him away unconscious. His sister thought he was dead.

I’ll do some, no way I can do them all while living in the USA, it sucks here.