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  /* ── WORK PREVIEW ── */
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  /* ── SUBSTACKS ── */
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<div class="jts-home">

  
  <div class="jts-hero">
    <img class="jts-hero-img"
         src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/3bVeso93j3d3Yw8TGZGUUIgDssHs52vkMX9YqCDoLYvVSqszhJmfXVPCoOJpnyag.png"
         alt="Surrealist painting by Jane the Stranger">
    <div class="jts-hero-overlay"></div>
    <div class="jts-hero-content">
      <p class="jts-hero-name">Jane the Stranger</p>
      <h1 class="jts-hero-declaration">She maps the places inside people<br>that have no maps yet.</h1>
      <a href="/work" class="jts-hero-cta">See the work →</a>
    </div>
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  <div class="jts-offer">
    <p class="jts-offer-label">Now open</p>
    <h2 class="jts-offer-headline">Commission something made for you.</h2>
    <p class="jts-offer-body">
      Custom illustration and tattoo design. Digital files, delivered anywhere.
      A limited number of commissions open each month.
    </p>
    <a href="/commissions" class="jts-offer-main-cta">How commissions work →</a>
    <div style="height:28px;"></div>
    <div class="jts-offer-cards">
      <div class="jts-offer-card">
        <div class="jts-offer-card-title">Custom Illustration</div>
        <div class="jts-offer-card-price">Starting at $200 — digital file, print-ready</div>
        <a href="mailto:janethestranger@icloud.com?subject=Illustration Commission Inquiry" class="jts-offer-card-link">Inquire →</a>
      </div>
      <div class="jts-offer-card">
        <div class="jts-offer-card-title">Tattoo Design</div>
        <div class="jts-offer-card-price">From $150 — designed to work on skin</div>
        <a href="mailto:janethestranger@icloud.com?subject=Tattoo Design Commission Inquiry" class="jts-offer-card-link">Inquire →</a>
      </div>
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  <div class="jts-preview">
    <div class="jts-preview-header">
      <h2 class="jts-preview-title">The Work</h2>
      <div class="jts-preview-links">
        <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JaneTheStrangerArt" target="_blank" class="jts-preview-shop-btn">Prints available →</a>
        <a href="/work" class="jts-preview-link">View all series →</a>
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             alt="Flowerfly series — Jane the Stranger">
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             alt="Very Specific Feelings — Jane the Stranger">
        <span class="jts-preview-item-label">Very Specific Feelings</span>
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      <a class="jts-preview-item" href="/murals">
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             alt="Murals — Jane the Stranger">
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  <div class="jts-fragment">
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      "The descriptions were hidden at the show. Viewers felt before they read.
      That was the point. The feeling comes first. The words come after.
      The words are just proof that the feeling was real."
    </p>
    <span class="jts-fragment-source">Very Specific Feelings, 2024</span>
  </div>

  
  <div class="jts-substacks">
    <p class="jts-substacks-label">In writing</p>
    <div class="jts-substacks-grid">
      <a class="jts-substack-card" href="https://oneofthirteen.substack.com" target="_blank">
        <div class="jts-substack-name">1 of 13</div>
        <p class="jts-substack-desc">Growing up in polygamy. Grief. Finding language for things that had no language until she looked for it.</p>
        <span class="jts-substack-cta">Read on Substack →</span>
      </a>
      <a class="jts-substack-card" href="https://universityofhere.substack.com" target="_blank">
        <div class="jts-substack-name">The University of Here</div>
        <p class="jts-substack-desc">Traveling. Tattooing. Art. The nomadic creative life documented in real time from wherever she is.</p>
        <span class="jts-substack-cta">Read on Substack →</span>
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>

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<h2 style="white-space:pre-line">Jane the Stranger</h2>
<p>Mixed media artist exploring what art does to people — and what it can do for a community. Original works rooted in surrealism, emotion, and the human figure.<br /><br />Based between cities. Currently in Scotland.<br /><br /><em>Original works available. Collaborations welcome.</em></p>

Jane the Stranger LLC

Multidisciplinary artist working across fine art, tattooing, and public muralism. Surrealist work rooted in color, community, and art that lives in the world.

She maps the places inside peoplethat have no maps yet.

Commission something made for you.

The Work

Jane the Stranger

She maps the places inside people
that have no maps yet.