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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 30/09/2026

I have several pieces in this group exhibit featuring work from dark artists throughout our region- opening tomorrow, join us! Phantom Narrative V Opening Reception: Thursday, October 1, 4 - 7 pm Carroll Community College, Gallery in the Scott Center, Westminster, MD Exhibit Oct 1 - Dec 5, 2026

My halloween painting “candy corn field” of a scarecrow in an autumn field, along with the same exhibit info text that’s in my post

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 28/09/2026

I’ve had some very good well paying indie clients through the years so it would make sense to makes things easier for them! I guess the conventions of the commercial illustration world have made me hesitant to list rates publicly (like, I don’t want to be *under* paid by a big corp accidentally?)

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 28/09/2026

Oh this is a really good page! I have a pretty detailed commission page with rates for my portrait commissions, specifically, and that works really well- but for whatever reason I haven’t made one for illustrative commissions and I probably should.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 27/09/2026

I made official shirts for Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween in 2024 and 25. I have a few left (not all sizes available) and have marked them down to $15 just to cover printing and shipping. www.joannabarnum.com/shop

Preview of a black t-shirt with art of a purple cat and an orange jack-o-lantern and text that says “bewitching peddlers of Halloween”

Preview of a black t-shirt with art of a jack-o-lantern tree and a spooky house below, with text that says “bewitching peddlers of Halloween”

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 23/09/2026

Hey, we miss you. I know you have other concerns on your plate but any time you want to make something together, let’s do it- a comic, an illustrated story, a ttrpg adventure, a zine- whatever meaningful thing we can just make and get to people without a giant corporation.

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Josh Drescher @joshdrescher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It can be hard for normal people to imagine a situation where you'd invest billions, then just throw away most of what you bought. But above a certain scale, companies aren't in the "build things to last" business. They are - as we have all heard many times - in the "shareholder value" business.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 23/09/2026

“Autumn Arrival,” watercolor from several years ago…the season blowing in. Can you feel it? Happy fall! Getting spooky. Getting cozy.

Watercolor art showing an old house in a farm field. In the sky are many skeletons floating.

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Astra Fauna (Sarah Dahlinger) -> Rhode Island Comic Con is Next! @astrafauna.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New Playlist just dropped on the Astra Fauna Youtube! youtu.be/r9DlYURmNUg Featuring @ivelbartore.bsky.social music! Please drop me a follow, it's a wee baby channel and need help to grow. :)

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Chill Music for Coming Home After a Tough Day at Work - No Ai

YouTube video by Astra Fauna

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 14/09/2026

A while back @eiudragon.bsky.social asked to custom order some fabric of my Pandora’s Pumpkin for a quilting project. This is AMAZING!

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 14/09/2026

Oh my it’s absolutely incredible! I love the pattern you used for the quilting too.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 11/09/2026

Many of these sold at the show, but the otters and the butterfly/flowers/Stonehenge piece are still available. They are $200 each. www.joannabarnum.com/shop/river-o... www.joannabarnum.com/shop/butterf...

Small collage with watercolor of two otters cuddling. The collage is paint swatches and bits of old natural history book pages.

Small collage with watercolor. The background is a paint test swatch, with a book scrap illustration of Stonehenge added. On top is painted a yellow flower and blue butterfly.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 11/09/2026

Made another batch of these little experimental mixed media pieces before DragonCon. This group inspired by species from Cornwall with collage bits from old books I got in a local shop while there. I love making these as a palette cleanser between bigger projects.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 03/09/2026

The common magpie in the UK is Pica pica, whereas the magpies in the western United States are Pica hudsonia, even though they look indistinguishable to me. Apparently they were considered the same species until the year 2000. Prints & original are up in the shop. www.joannabarnum.com/shop/

Detail photo of the above framed painting

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 03/09/2026

Then we learned that it’s more of an old timey way of saying you should greet or acknowledge them. Apparently many people say “Good morning, Mr. Magpie, how is Mrs. Magpie?” I love magpies and can’t help but be overjoyed to see them, alone or in groups. Here I painted two with English bluebells.

Photo of the above described painting in a silver frame with black mat

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 03/09/2026

“Magpie Study (Two for Joy)” finished just in time to bring to Dragon Con! Saw so many of these guys in Cornwall, where we learned to “salute the magpie” to counteract any bad luck from seeing a single magpie. At first we took it quite literally, we started giving them a military salute.

Watercolor painting of two magpies with English bluebells in a style blending realism
With abstract layering

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 01/09/2026

The original and prints are available. www.joannabarnum.com/shop

Framed painting of the above described art

Photo of a print of the above described art

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 01/09/2026

“The Lovers,” watercolor. I painted this piece in the flat in Cornwall earlier this year, based on my photos of the Glastonbury Abbey ruins, a possible legendary burial place of Arthur and Guinevere. Some legends say that upon his death, Arthur transformed into either a raven or a Cornish chough.

Watercolor art of two ravens preening. In the foreground are may blossoms and in the background are the ruins of Glastonbury abbey and a bright sun in the sky.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 31/08/2026

We can’t know for sure exactly what these monuments meant to the people who built them, but I feel a deep resonance across the ages with the human urge to create for artistic, symbolic, memorial, and spiritual reasons, beyond the strictly practical.

Photo of a print of the above described painting

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 31/08/2026

When visiting the famous Stonehenge & Avebury, I was struck by the great efforts ancient people undertook working together to create these monuments, digging with simple hand tools, and moving stones across great distances, during a time when simply surviving took a great deal of energy and effort.

The above described painting in a frame and mat

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 31/08/2026

I painted “Skyward” (watercolor, 15” X 22”) using photos and memories from my travels earlier this year. Original- www.joannabarnum.com/shop/skyward... Prints- www.joannabarnum.com/shop/skyward...

Watercolor art of Stonehenge. In the foreground are close up wildflowers. Faintly in the sky is a giant skull with the sun in place of one eye. A flock of corvids flies up into the sky.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 30/08/2026

My plein air paintings from Cornwall earlier this year. The originals and limited edition prints are now up in my shop, along with lots of studio work inspired by the trip. It’s a big update! I’ve been sitting on a lot of stuff to drop at once. www.joannabarnum.com/shop

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 29/08/2026

See you soon at the Dragon Con Art Show! See you next week in Atlanta, on the lower floor of the Hyatt Regency in my usual spot.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 25/08/2026

It’s my birthday! I’m 42! That means you have to share my art- that’s the law, right? Incidentally, I’m currently looking for interesting publishing projects for the first part of 2027.

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lex! ✨ sleepy @paavonia.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

friendly art tip: just make it. please, make it

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 16/08/2026

I met this pied crow yesterday!

Person wearing a witch hat smiling with a black and white pied crow perched on their arm.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 16/08/2026

Did you know you can just put mini chocolate chips on breakfast cereal? No one will stop you. There’s no law against it.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 24/07/2026

All the illustrations I painted in watercolor for the @midworldpress.bsky.social press fine limited edition of Revelator by @darylwriterguy.bsky.social The book is now available through MidWorld, and I am now offering all of my original paintings in my shop. www.joannabarnum.com/shop?categor...

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 13/08/2026

Revelator from @midworldpress.bsky.social! It was such a pleasure to illustrate this book by @darylwriterguy.bsky.social. Art direction by publisher Travis Dunn & jacket design by Charles Brock. Book: www.midworldpress.com/store/p/reve... My original paintings: www.joannabarnum.com/shop?categor...

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 11/08/2026

Me, to my acting up printer, after running maintenance: Oh, were you just a dirty, dirty boy? Mike, from the other room: The fuck is going on in there?

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why the fuck do conventions keep doing this

A diagram of a wrestling ring at convention right nextto artist alley. The wrestling ring is extremely loud and the wall in betweenit and the artist alley does nothing to reduce the noise. All the Autistic people are having a terrible time

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 10/08/2026

You ever decide on some unifying “rules” for a self-generated collection of art and then partway through the process get progressively more frustrated with the rules, as if there is ANYONE to blame but you yourself?

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Hilary Clarcq @hilaryclarcq.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“I See You Feeling Everything,” oil on panel, 11 x 11 inches, 2026

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 07/08/2026

Reposting an oldie in honor of #tedlasso returning

Watercolor fan art portrait of Roy Kent and Jamie Tartt from the tv show Ted Lasso

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 04/08/2026

Do you have any specific tips or resources that helped you? I’ve been struggling w perminopausal/medication weight gain but counting and strict rules is just not sustainable for me. It’s been really hard to figure out what a better way can look like.

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Eli Minaya @badking.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"Orion" - collage on heavyweight paper A long overdue collage commission. Thanks to the commissioner for being so patient. I had so much making this and it felt good to play on my own court for a bit.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 03/08/2026

Oh man I absolutely love this! Stunning.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 26/07/2026

I'll make a note of it! We are tinkering and MIGHT have it running again. But I suspect we'll be replacing it soon either way.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 26/07/2026

Looking for artist reviews of the Canon Pro-1100 printer? My Pro-1000 just broke after a good 7 years but the model is discontinued. Looks like the 1100 is the replacement. (Also, um, anyone with a pro-1000 want a deal on extra ink?)

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 25/07/2026

Looking forward to seeing you at Gen Con in less than a week now! I’ll be at exhibitor booth 1360- a couple rows to the right of the art show, near the back of the hall. #gencon #gencon2026

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 25/07/2026

I paint a lot of stuff way bigger than anyone would consider reasonable for illustration…but painting faces and figures tiny doesn’t work well for me.

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 22/07/2026

Drac-O-Lantern pins will be at GenCon (I’m booth 1360- just outside the art show to the right) and they’re in my shop now too. www.joannabarnum.com/shop/drac-o-...

An enamel pin on a backer card. The pin is a red dragon with a pumpkin.

Detail view of the same pin being held between fingers showing it is 2”

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 24/07/2026

A couple photos for scale on the originals.

The artist holding a large watercolor cover illustration

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 24/07/2026

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 22/07/2026

My Drac-O-Lantern enamel pin is ready just in time for GenCon! A glittery red dragon igniting a jack-o-lantern, for all the folks who have been asking me if I’d ever do one of my pumpkins with a dragon. www.joannabarnum.com/shop/drac-o-...

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 23/07/2026

Is this finished and for sale somewhere? Or is it an ongoing WIP right now? ❤️

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Joanna Barnum @joannabarnum.com · 21/07/2026

Endpiece illustration for the Hatteras Path upcoming fine rebind of A Child Alone With Strangers by @pfracassi.bsky.social. Original painting is now available, along with some other recent publishing work: www.joannabarnum.com/shop

Watercolor illustration of a creepy house against a dark sky and trees with a hazy moon. Superimposed over the house is a young Black boy sleeping in the fetal position. Mirroring him in the lower part of the composition is a cocoon containing an unknown pink creature.

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