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Joanna Barnum
@joannabarnum.com
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Illustrator & fine artist in watercolor: portraits, fantasy, horror, Halloween love. American Watercolor Society & National Watercolor Society Sig Artist.
Harford County, Maryland. She/her.
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I also have animal cards! They aren’t holiday or winter specific, but also make for nice festive greetings.

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An assortment of cards and envelopes with colorful animal art, including a sea turtle, a fox, a barn owl, a raven, and a wolf.
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Offbeat colorful holiday greetings? I can help with that! I have cards featuring my seasonal jack-o-lanterns

(Note: these are flat cards with blank matte backs to write your greeting on, not folded cards. They come with envelopes.)

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Holiday cards and envelopes. The art shows a green jack-o-lantern surrounded by winter greenery, and a blue jack-o-lantern with a carrot nose that looks like a snowman.
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A few of these ornaments came home from a gallery show and are in my shop now! Ornaments for a Halloween tree OR a spooky Christmas tree.

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An ornament in the form of a small oval frame with art of a hissing cat in it, shades of black a orange. An ornament in the form of a small oval frame with art of a happy jack o lantern in it, shades of black a orange.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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And here are “Lunar” and “Solar” in the antique frames that inspired them.

I found these frames in an antique store, and they made me think of reliquaries and over the top religious art, like the jewel covered catacomb saints.

I stabilized the frames and added plexiglass and spacers.
Watercolor of a skull and florals in an ornate antique frame. The wide frame is gold and covered in ornate flowers. Watercolor of a skull and florals in an ornate antique frame. The wide frame is gold and covered in ornate flowers.
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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“Solar,” watercolor on paper

Original: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/solar-o...
Prints: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/lunar-s...
Watercolor of a skull abstractly merged with monarch butterflies and florals in an orange and pink color palette
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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“Lunar,” watercolor on paper

Original: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/lunar-o...
Prints: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/lunar-s...
Watercolor of a skull abstractly merged with flowers and a Luna moth in a blue, purple, and cool green color palette
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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HOLIDAY 2025 IS LIVE!
❄️ 20% off your order of $150 or more (including originals & sale items!) with code HOLIDAY25, now through December 5.
❄️ Mystery Packs are back!
❄️ Refreshed Sale section, including some discounted prints that will be retiring at the end of the year.
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Promo graphic that says "new art, ornaments, mystery packs: holiday sale" with images of ornaments, stickers, prints, and wrapped packages.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I had so much fun as the featured artist for Baltimore Faerie Faire! I produced t-shirts and totes for the event. I have quite a few left, so they're now available online. I've bumped all the BFF related stuff to the top of my shop page for now!
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Photo of a goblin modeling a large fabric tote bag emblazoned with "Baltimore Faerie Faire," a rainbow of animals, and a flying raven against a moon. Photo of a man posing in a black t-shirt with a large silver moon on it, with a rainbow gradient raven flying against the moon, and the text "10 years of magic, Baltimore Faerie Faire"
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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We are open! Check out my art on the stage banner! Yes there are still spaces open in my workshop at 3 today (Friday) and I’ll be here vending all weekend at the Baltimore Faerie Festival at the Sheraton in Towson!
Photo of my vendor booth setup Photo of a stage with a huge rainbow art backdrop that says Baltimore faerie Faire
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Come see me this weekend at the Baltimore Faerie Faire! Nov 14-16. I’m the featured guest artist, and I designed these event poster, totes, shirts and more you can at my vendor booth there. I’m also teaching a watercolor workshop on Friday.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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One of my jacks is the cozy coloring page in the October issue of Cozy Companion magazine from @snowbrightstudio.bsky.social ! This mag is so cute- it has cozy seasonal game reviews, recipes, craft projects, and stories.

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Photo of a page in a magazine with a black and white line drawing of a jack-o-lantern with heart eyes, surrounded by roses and a bat. Magazine cover that says “cozy companion” with an illustration of a witch drinking from a mug, using a laptop, with a ghost cat.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Focusing on bat samples but I do humans also. Everything is done in traditional watercolor (with digital preliminaries for clients for flexibility) www.joannabarnum.com/portfolio
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I'm teaching a watercolor workshop at Baltimore Faerie Faire on Fri, Nov 14 at 3pm. We'll paint a flying raven on a starry rainbow background, all skill levels, all materials provided ($20 materials fee, and you need a BFF ticket too)
Register here: www.joannabarnum.com/customchecko...
Watercolor of a dark raven against a starry colorful galaxy background, with promotional text that reads "November 14-15 Baltimore Faerie Faire, Friday 3pm Watercolor Workshop" along with a summary of the info that was included in this post.
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Adorable jack-o-lantern dude by @melissasuestanley.bsky.social I also got at IX! Glad to add him to the pumpkin patch.
Little sculpted jack-o-lantern with round eyes and jagged mouth
November 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Beautiful “Gratitude” ceramic tile by @kestfineart.com I got at IX. I picked it out of her series because of the crescent moon and the beautiful green in the background, but I was glad to discover the sigil’s intention after I’d chosen it.
Ceramic tile with a sculpted eye surrounded by a many pointed star and topped with a crescent moon The same tile as part of a wall installation with other sculptures and paintings
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Just moved some things around and this plaque by @oddoblivion.bsky.social looks at home with some other skellies on one of my salon style walls!
3D art plaque of a textured grim reaper skeleton in bronze and blue The same plaque on a wall with some other art prints of skeletons
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Hey @sixam.net is on this social media so I can embarrass him here by publicly wishing him a happy birthday!
A handsome bearded man making an amused face next to a Star Wars droid A handsome bearded man pretending to hold a distant pumpkin hot air balloon on his back A handsome bearded man in a leather jacket sitting next to a skeleton on a bench under a neon bar sign that says “Mike’s place” A handsome bearded man hugging a statue of a bear
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Monster makers busily setting up here in Baltimore for Monster of a Show! Here until 4pm today (Saturday) at the Three Arts Club over near Loyola and Notre Dame. We got a parking lot and food from Claymonster Mom! Art, pottery, accessories, and more by local creators. www.monsterofashow.com
Photo of a small craft fair table with art prints on a display, banner says “Joanna Barnum”
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Wishing you a most joyful Halloween!

(Lanterns Burn Bright, watercolor, 2021)
Watercolor illustration of a detailed haunted house scene with a pumpkin tree, grave yard, jack-o-lanterns, and many little creatures throughout.
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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When you're so damn excited about a sketch that you actually don't care if the client wants it, because you'll just use it for your own thing if they reject it.
The Bender from Futurama "I'll make my own" meme without any text on it. Bender is wearing a white fur coat and pointing indignantly, with a green robot with eyelashes in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Brand new paintings and some other treats during the IX preview night- stop on by if you’re here! 4th floor! #illuxcon
Photo of two paintings of skulls in ornate frames with a tray of brownies and a bottle of whiskey
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Narrator: to no one’s surprise, she could NOT keep up with daily Halloween art posting…

Anyway, here’s Jack-O-October from last year’s Jack-O-Lantern of the Month project!

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Watercolor illustration of a wickedly happy jack-o-lantern with a purple face and purple sky behind, and a silhouetted cemetery, spooky house, tree, and bats
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Detail from “The Masque of the Red Death II,” watercolor.
Watercolor of a skeletal figure with ambiguous atmospheric red visceral covering it, its head framed by a clock face as if a halo.
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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It’s nearly time for a very special gem of an event. In Reading, PA at the Goggleworks Center for the Arts, we’ll gather for an exhibition of imaginative realism in traditional media. Hope to see you at IX! Proud to be returning as a Main Show artist.

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Watercolor of ravens flying through a galaxy with promo text: “IX art show imagine this October 22-26 reading, PA. Come see me along with over 200 other artists!”
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I have game mats of the wolves too! (And while you’re browsing the mat selection- yes, there are also some Halloween ones)

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Photo of a game mat featuring a pack of wolves in a starry sky in purple and green
October 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM