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her dad, Hauser started 
painting doodles again as a 
way to relax and de-stress 
during the height of the 
pandemic. Today, her home 
art studio is filled with col-
orful canvases including 
dozens of finished paintings 
and many works in progress. 
Her process always begins 
by painting the background 
first and drawing free-form 
swirls and designs on top 
of it. As she decorates the 
designs and fills them in, 
each painting takes on a life 
and personality of its own. 
No two are ever the same.
“I love working with dif-
ferent textures and mediums 
— glitter, sequins, paint 
markers, acrylic paint,” she 

says. “Something about all 
the different colors and just 
being able to let my mind 
wander is really relaxing.”
Hauser is not a trained 
artist, but she does teach 
knitting classes. She says that 
longtime hobby is similar 
because knitting is method-
ical and follows a pattern. 
When she started to paint, 
she had no intention of 
launching a business, but the 
more she painted, the more 
family members encouraged 
her to share her artwork with 
the world. So, she put up 
a page on the e-commerce 
website Etsy, which focuses 
on handmade or vintage 
items and craft supplies, and 
people started buying.
“We tell the kids [at the 
Downtown Boxing Gym] 

all the time you have to 
put yourself out there and 
pursue your passions and 
dreams,” she says. “I want to 
be a role model and practice 
what I preach.”
Her bright, whimsical 
paintings come in various 
sizes and range in price 
from $50 to $250. They 
have names like “Joys of 
Summer,” “Rocket Feathers” 
and “Desert Waves.” As you 
look, you start to see differ-
ent things in each of them 
— a shape that looks like a 
beach ball, falling leaves and 
trees, ocean waves, a dreamy 
blue sky.
Hauser says when she 
starts each painting, she 
doesn’t have a pre-deter-

mined thought, she just lets 
the paint take her where 
it wants to go. Somewhere 
among the brush strokes and 
embellishments, her worries 
melt away and she’s connect-
ed, if only for a moment, to 
her carefree days as a little 
girl with her dad — before 
the realities, stresses and 
disappointments of adult life 
— when all that mattered 
was which color or design 
she would choose. 
“
Art and creativity just do 
magical things with old pain 
and wounds,” she says. “These 
paintings come from a really 
heartfelt place and I hope 
they bring people joy.” 

To see or purchase Jessica’s Joy 

Doodles, visit etsy.com/shop/ 

joydoodles.

“MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT 
IT IS THERE ARE NO 
BOUNDARIES ... YOU CAN 

REALLY EXPRESS YOURSELF.”

— JESSICA HAUSER

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