Most art that costs less than lunch is a poster of a stock image or a sticker of a file. Minicuration cards are reproductions of paintings JFeelgood made by hand, with spray paint, joint compound, epoxy resin and gold leaf, printed at 2.5 × 3.5 inches. Here is the case for owning some.
01There is a real painting behind every card
No card on this site started as a digital file. Each one reproduces an original painting on canvas or wood panel, in acrylic, latex, ink, crackle medium or found materials. The surface of Sweet Dreams is built up with joint compound. The plane in Sky Miles is a chrome airplane model set into epoxy resin. Vicarious is painted on torn canvas. You are holding a record of something that exists in a room somewhere, which is a different object from a print of something that only ever existed on a screen.
02The paintings were picked to survive the shrink
A 24 × 36-inch canvas reduced to trading card size loses most of what made it worth looking at. The designs in the collection were chosen because they don’t: strong silhouettes, bold color fields and surfaces that still read as texture at an inch across. How JFeelgood’s paintings survive being shrunk to a trading card walks through what gets lost and what holds.
03Fifty, then gone
Each limited edition design is printed as exactly 50 numbered cards, counted from 01. When the fiftieth sells, that design closes. No restock, no second printing, no “anniversary edition” in a slightly different color. Fifty is small enough that your number means something and large enough that the painting reaches more than a handful of people.
04The artist’s own words are on the back
Turn a limited edition over and you get the title, the medium, the edition number and JFeelgood’s statement about that specific painting: what it’s about and where it came from. For the Self Work series, that means paintings about sobriety, ego and growth explained by the person who lived them. Gallery wall labels rarely say that much.
05The price is set for a person, not a gallery
An original painting is a once-in-a-while purchase for most people. A card is not.
| Card | Price |
|---|---|
| Original six limited editions (in stock) | $10; Sweet Dreams $8 |
| Other limited editions (pre-order) | $7.50 |
| Unlimited cards (pre-order) | $4.50 each, or any 10 for $37.50 |
That makes it possible to collect a painter the way people collect anything else: one at a time, by taste, without a budget meeting.
06It arrives ready to stand on a shelf
Limited editions ship sealed in a magnetic acrylic collector’s case with a clear display stand included. Open the envelope, set it on a desk, done. No framing, no hanging, no hole in a rental wall. Unlimited cards come in a protective slip, and you can add the same case for $4 and a stand for $1.
07It fits the storage collectors already own
The cards are standard ACEO size, which is standard trading card size. Every one slides into a penny sleeve, a toploader, a nine-pocket binder page or any magnetic case built for sports or game cards. If you already have a shelf of graded cards, these sit beside them without new hardware. How to display and protect your cards covers the options.
08Nothing stands between you and the painter
Minicuration is JFeelgood’s own label. It sells no other artist’s work, and there is no gallery or licensing middleman taking a cut. The collection runs from the Self Work paintings, shown in Marfa during Chinati Weekend and at Central Machine Works on the East Austin Studio Tour, to pieces pulled from nearly two decades of archive. Buying a card is buying directly from an independent painter, at a price that lets the practice keep going.
09It makes a good gift, and a cheap one to mail
A card in a case is small, sturdy and obviously considered. It isn’t a gift card. For a group (a team, a classroom, a wedding party) the unlimited bundle does the work: any 10 cards for $37.50, mixed however you like. An order of only unlimited cards ships by letter mail for $2, and any order of $50 or more ships free.
10The pre-order price ends November 1
Every card except the original six is on pre-order at 25% off, and all of them ship on or before November 1, 2026. After that the limited editions go to $10 and the unlimited cards to $6. You can cancel a pre-order for a full refund any time before it ships. If you have been looking at a particular painting, this is the cheapest it will be.
Who this isn’t for
A fair list needs the other side. These are reproductions, not originals; if you want paint you can touch, look at jfeelgood.com. Unlimited cards are not numbered and won’t become scarce, so buy them because you like the painting, not as a bet. Nobody can promise a card will rise in value, and this article doesn’t. And Minicuration ships to US addresses only, for now.