Selected Writing

A curated selection of essays, articles and critical texts by Bogdan Jensen, focused on figurative painting, remembrance, art patronage, dignity and human presence.

  • Does Owning Art Still Matter in a Digital Culture?

    A painting can’t merely be a window into something, but rather a window through someone. I’m seeing something that the artist saw, in the way they saw it, in that moment, or collection of moments, that could be expressed in the way that it has been or chosen not to.

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  • Framed Quiet Tide fine art print by Bogdan Jensen held by hands, showing the blue-toned pastel portrait in a dark frame

    Original Artwork vs Fine Art Print: What Are You Really Buying?

    Every original artwork is a timestamp in the artist’s journey. Each one tells us something about the mental, spiritual, and emotional whereabouts of that artist at a particular time.

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  • A Gentle Touch fine art print by Bogdan Jensen displayed in a framed bedroom mockup with soft window shadows and a seated pastel figure study

    How to Start Collecting Original Art Without Feeling Intimidated

    There is something so fundamentally personal and intimate about art that getting it “wrong” can feel almost existentially devastating. This is very akin to the angst experienced by artists themselves in their own beginnings: the same fear of misalignment. 

    So how do we navigate this fear?

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