Jenni Jean
Jenni Jean is a contemporary abstract painter based in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, her practice spans layered abstraction, expressive florals and intimate botanical studies.
Her work is shaped by a life lived both in care and in close observation — from years spent working as a nurse, including fifteen years in Saudi Arabia, to more recent work in aged and palliative care within rural communities. These experiences, alongside a deep connection to landscape, inform a body of work that is both intuitive and reflective.
Jenni’s paintings often explore themes of presence, transformation and quiet connection — where colour, movement and mark-making become a way of holding moments that are felt rather than explained.
She has exhibited in the Incognito Art Show (2024), the Botanical Art Prize at Newcastle Art Space (2025), the Kairos group exhibition (2026), Picture Point's This Way Up exhibition (2026)) and her debut solo exhibition, The Sovereign Spiral: Beyond the Loop, at Neo Finance Group, Newcastle, in July 2026. She continues to develop work exploring emotion, connection, and what is felt, rather than seen.
To find out more about Jenni and her work, go to: https://jennijeanart.com.au
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Acrylic on canvas
20.3cm x 25.4cm
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Flow offers a glimpse into the quiet centre of transformation.
Within the movement of the spiral lies a place of stillness, where trust replaces resistance and life unfolds in its own time.
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Acrylic on canvas
10.2cm x 15.2cm
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Connection emerged from the same visual language as My Mother’s Garden, exploring the invisible threads that link us across time, memory and experience.
Painted in soft layers of blue, green and light, the work reflects those moments when the boundaries between past and present seem to dissolve. A memory surfaces, a feeling returns, and for an instant we find ourselves connected to someone or something we thought was far away.
A gentle reminder that love, memory and belonging do not move in straight lines. They continue to meet us, again and again, in new ways.
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Print on fine art paper
100cm x 100cm
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The Sovereign Spiral is the signature artwork from my debut solo exhibition, The Sovereign Spiral: Beyond the Loop.
This limited edition fine art print captures the movement, depth and quiet strength of the original painting, while making the work accessible to more collectors.
Details:
Limited edition of 25
Hand signed and individually numbered
Museum-quality archival fine art paper
Printed to order in Australia
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Unframed and shipped rolled in a protective tube
Each print is produced to order and is hand signed and individually numbered by the artist.
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Acrylic on canvas
20.3cm x 25.4cm
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Mosaic offers a glimpse into the energy of transformation. Fragments of experience, memory and possibility are swept into a vortex of growth, discovery and renewal.
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Acrylic on canvas
60cm x 80cm
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Embodiment explores the moment when insight becomes action.
Transformation begins with new ways of seeing, but lasting change happens when those insights are woven into everyday life.
Through layers of colour, texture and movement, this painting reflects the process of living more consciously, making choices that align with who we are becoming.
In floating oak frame, ready to hang.
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Acrylic on canvas
20.3cm x 25.4cm
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Pathways is a reflection on the many directions available to us at any moment.
Intersecting lines and scattered points of gold suggest choices, opportunities, and the unfolding journey of a life.
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Acrylic on canvas
60cm x 80cm
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Inspired by the memory of my mother's garden, Confluence began as an exploration of place, but evolved into something less tangible. Rather than depicting the garden itself, I found myself drawn to the spaces within it—the pathways, currents and connections that exist between forms.
Soft passages of blue, green and white move across the surface like mist, water, air, or light. Shapes emerge and dissolve. Edges blur and reappear. The painting inhabits a space between landscape and abstraction, inviting the viewer to sense rather than define what is present.
As I worked, I became aware of the painting as a meditation on connection. The flowing pathways began to resemble channels, synapses, rivers converging, or unseen threads linking one place to another. It reflects my experience of continuing relationship—how memory, love and influence remain present long after physical absence.
The title Confluence refers to the meeting of separate streams. It is a place of convergence: between mother and daughter, memory and presence, earth and spirit, past and present. Rather than focusing on loss, the work explores the subtle currents that continue to flow between us.
Like mist, light, or air, these connections cannot be held, yet they are deeply felt.
Framed in natural oak floating frame, ready to hang.
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Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 40cm
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My Mother’s Garden is a reflection on memory, presence, and the enduring connections that continue across time. Created in the lead-up to Mother’s Day, the painting emerged through reflections on childhood, motherhood, and the quiet moments once shared in a beloved garden.
Layered circular forms move through soft greens, whites, and luminous light-filled spaces, suggesting pathways, portals, or unseen connections between the physical and the spiritual. The work evokes the feeling of being held within memory — where places, people, and moments continue to live within us long after they have passed.
Created intuitively through layers of colour, gesture and mark-making, the painting speaks to remembrance, love, and the sense that those who shaped us remain present in subtle and enduring ways.
Framed in an oak float frame.
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Acrylic on canvas
100cm x 100cm
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Maternal Glow reflects the quiet radiance of creation, transformation and new life. Layered circular forms move across the canvas like cells, energy, planets, or unseen connections — suggesting the profound shifts that occur during pregnancy and motherhood.
Warm pinks, golds and luminous tones evoke tenderness, strength, vulnerability, and the deep intelligence of the body as it nurtures and sustains life. Both intimate and expansive, the work honours the extraordinary experience of carrying, creating, and holding another life within.
Created through an intuitive process of layering, movement and mark-making, the painting invites viewers to reconnect with memory, emotion, and the universal rhythms of growth and connection.
Framed in an oak float frame.
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Acrylic on canvas
90cm x 90cm
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Worlds Within explores the unseen rhythms of growth, connection and transformation. Layered circular forms suggest cells, landscapes, constellations, or inner worlds unfolding — moving between the microscopic and the expansive.
Created intuitively through layers of colour and mark-making, the work reflects the quiet intelligence of life emerging and evolving over time.
Both intimate and expansive, the painting invites viewers to consider the invisible threads that connect body, memory, nature, and the wider universe.
Framed in an oak float frame.
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Acrylic on canvas
30cm x 30cm
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Bloom celebrates the creative power of the female body, honouring the rhythms of renewal, potential and transformation.
With oak floating frame.
Purchasing from Jenni Jean:
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