Situationships

the tragedy of modern dating

A series of contemporary paintings by Jey Austen exploring love, loss, light, shadow, and the raw human form.

Jey created this Situationship series to heal from the pain of realizing their lover belonged to another for twice the time they had known each other's kiss. Raw human emotion mixes with sensuality in this mixed media series of paintings. The content of this series is adult in nature. By scrolling down you agree you are 18+ (or whatever the age of consent is in your country or territory). Hover over the blurred images to view.

Title: Up in Flames
Year: 2024
Medium: Digital Painting on Canvas
Size: 16" x 28" x 1.5"
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Flames engulf a masked Medusa and her lover. To see Medusa's true face would turn the lover to stone, yet they were caught in her grasp nonetheless. It is the flame that burned within them that now suffocates them, no lungs to breathe the air they once shared. Yet to truly embrace would petrify the best parts of them. This piece is about the magnetic pull of people that are not good for you.

Title: Juicy
Year: 2025
Medium: Digital Painting on Canvas
Size: 24" x 24" x 1.5"
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Fishnets in blacklights, a leather body suit, and a night out getting over you fast. Juicy is about reclaiming sexuality after recovering from painful relationships. It features the outfit the artist wore on finding out their lover of over a year had actually belonged to someone else the entire time. It's about feeling sexual again when you have lost your lover's desire. The deep blues and purples contrast against the bright whites to show off the curves of the human form.

Title: Cellophane
Year: 2025
Medium: Metallic Acrylic on Recycled Canvas
Size: 36" x 24" x 1.5"
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Bronze and blue shadows eclipse a figure with the last expression of lust dripping down their form. Painted to recover from everything deterorating all at once, while sobbing, listening to Cellophane by FKA Twigs. Because of the bronze acrylic used in the metallic shadows, the figure changes and the shadow appears to move with the angle of the light.

Title: Limerence
Year: 2025
Medium: Metallic Acrylic on Recycled Canvas
Size: 36" x 24" x 1.5"
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A peaceful afternoon as the subject faces away from the viewer, not realizing that this would be the last photo sent to their lover. Before they realized their lover was never theirs. Warm lighting and the comfort of relaxing the day away with your lover to keep the chill of the outside world at bay. Right now, dear lover, it's just you and me.