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.

  • Soft Pastel drawing of a female figure looking back at us, the viewer, from under the covers.

    Style Is Not Art

    Against the artist’s self-betrayal in the name of recognisability.


    Style cannot be the ultimate goal of an artist, but rather a natural consequence of a deeper practice: lived experience!

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  • 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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