Denise Mortensen is a New Jersey abstract artist known for SHELFIES® — colorful, bright, and sentimental original abstract paintings inspired by collected objects, memory, nostalgia, and joyful modern interiors.

Shelfies: The Things We Keep

Denise Mortensen Shelfies are inspired by the things we keep—objects, memories, and moments arranged over time into meaning. Each piece is a playful, abstract collection of what we hold close, where objects become storytellers.

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The Body
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Purple and Green
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Nautical
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Swedish Garden
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Lily's Room
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Nesting
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Collected Memories
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Everything in Its Place
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A Light in the Cupboard
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The Things We Keep
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The Hutch
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Kitchen Cupboard
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Material Memories
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The Pantry
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Bodega #1
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Bodega #2
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Off the Shelf
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Unbound
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Eras
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Denise Mortensen is a New Jersey abstract artist known for SHELFIES® — colorful, bright, and sentimental original abstract paintings inspired by collected objects, memory, nostalgia, and joyful modern interiors.

About the Collection

Shelfies: The Things We Keep explores the poetry of memory, objects, and the spaces of home. Inspired by shelves, vessels, and everyday belongings, these playful abstract paintings reflect how we gather, arrange, and preserve what matters to us over time. Objects become stand-ins for personal history—markers of inheritance, attachment, and care.

Made for lived-in homes, Shelfies bring warmth, story, and a playful feel to your space. They mix easily into collected, personal interiors and finish a space beautifully.

Denise Mortensen is a New Jersey abstract artist known for SHELFIES® — colorful, bright, and sentimental original abstract paintings inspired by collected objects, memory, nostalgia, and joyful modern interiors.
Denise Mortensen is a New Jersey abstract artist known for SHELFIES® — colorful, bright, and sentimental original abstract paintings inspired by collected objects, memory, nostalgia, and joyful modern interiors.

I’m always looking for inspiration.

Send me photos of your shelves, dust and all. The lived-in corners, the messy stacks, the little objects that have stayed longer than expected, that is where the real stories are.

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