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Johanna Pack
@johannapack.bsky.social
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Artist, mostly watercolor, but I'll try anything. Based in Sacramento, CA, US.
Website www.johannapack.com
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“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
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When U.S. Immigration and Customs agents first descended on families in Columbia Heights schools, superintendent Zena Stenvik smoldered but stayed quiet.

Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged
As federal immigration agents descended on Columbia Heights families, the school superintendent expected to stay silent. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and s...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
johannapack.bsky.social
Just finished this flower, first finished work of 2026.
Abstract watercolor flower with a splattered pastel background. The flower is painted with intense deep red and bright yellow. The leaves are dark teal. Over the colors, there are irregular patterns in black and white.
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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This is a second #Cloud picture for #BlueSkyArtShow with the clouds coming over the coastal hills.
This is what January looks like in Northern California.
Watercolor painting of hills covered in new grass. Clouds come from behind the hills on the right to hide the blue sky. The clouds reflect morning light with hints of yellow and purple.
January 31, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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I love today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Clouds
Here's one cloud-focused painting that I called Kim's Hand. You can't see the hand without clicking to expand the picture, since it's on the far left.
Watercolor painting of dramatic puffy clouds over a man-made lake. In the lower left, a silhouette of a hand points towards a circling hawk.
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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I painted this based on a poem by my husband. I think the closeness of the figures is a counterpoint to the #Cold
#BlueSkyArtShow
Watercolor painting of a snowy street at dusk. Two people are walking close together, with their shadows stretching in multiple directions from the yellow street lamps. The people appear as silhouettes against the snow.
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #One
Here is one mermaid turning over under the water. This one is from years ago.
Watercolor painting of a mermaid bending forward to dive further down. The water is darker at the bottom and lighter at the top. Her hair is streaky yellow-blue, and her tail is red-orange with dots indicating scales and sparkle. Her fingers are webbed, and her skin is very pale.
January 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow
The theme today is #Vibrant
I love intense color. Here's a mural I designed a few years ago.
Mural with green hills and a blue sky, featuring yellow stars and dark blue silhouettes of children. At the top, a banner says "We Shine!". A river leads to the ground. A painted river leads into a "river" of painted stones. The painted stones continue down another side of the area.
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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I'm definitely into the #BlueSkyArtShow theme today, which is #Vibrant
Abstracted watercolor painting of California golden poppies. The flowers and leaves are outlined in black ink.
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Part 1/2, preview of the open studio. It takes place between 11-4 tomorrow (Dec 21) in Concord CA. Soooo many paintings, soooo much work! This doesn’t even show the whole tent of pottery we will have. 😅 #painting #art #eastbay #bayarea
December 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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The #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #OpenHouse today... so hard to decide.
Here are some things I enjoy. Quercus California (my combo of native California oak trees), Butterfly Escape, Purple Iris, and my unnamed paper cutout in progress when my daughter added a face for me when I wasn't looking.
Abstract painting of an oak tree on 20 8" square pieces of black watercolor paper. Abstract watercolor painting. The middle has red loops with yellow and orange centers. Red, purple and blue wavy lines radiate outward, with blue and purple clouds at the edges. Watercolor painting of a purple bearded iris with a yellow and green background. The iris extends very slightly beyond the edges of the picture. Folded paper cutout in progress, with a woman sitting cross legged on the ground and vines growing around her. Above her head are clouds and the sun. A child has drawn a face on the woman's head.
December 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
This is my favorite drawing of one of my favorite people. My daughter as a young child.
Loose sketch of a child's face in blue and red marker
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Tomorrow I will be at Tahoe Elementary in Sacramento at their second annual Makers Market from 10AM-3PM.

And it's indoors. Thought I'd mention that in case you haven't been enjoying the foggy, cold days.
Seven paper bookmarks featuring different artwork by me, fanned out.
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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It's too late for #BlueSkyArtShow this weekend, but I thought I would post this #Sky picture anyway.
I called it California Hills in Winter.
A watercolor painting of low, rounded hills with grass and small shrubs receding into the distance. From the right, low clouds stretch over the hilltops, trying to get inland, but the rest of the sky is blue.
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This is my Firebubbles painting for #BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth
This was more of an experiment with materials than anything else.
Abstract watercolor with flames at the bottom reaching towards the top right, where there are blue and purple bubbles.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Here's your reminder to draw in a sketchbook!!!!!
Draw ugly!! Draw weird!!!!
DRAW WITH NOTHING BUT PEN OR PAINT MARKERS
LET YOURSELF MAKE MISTAKES

it's part of the process~
A sketchbook is being held open to messy doodles on both pages. The left page has a bunch of paint marker doodles and blobs of color on it while the right page is all lining pen and highlighter.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The Black Friday Sale is here! ✨ I'm offering up to 20% off items that are ready to ship 📦

Shop the sale here: paolaspixels.com/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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this turned out unexpectedly fascinating. I hope you’re doing/making things that make you curious and delighted.
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
two abstract paintings side by side with a multiple colors, horizontal lines, circles.
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow I would like to share a photo of my tiny watercolor landscapes in a mini art gallery in my neighborhood.
#Small
Six watercolor landscape paintings in a lighted box with the interior painted white. Two hang vertically from the top and four sit horizontally on little easels.
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I think this painting at China Bar in the Auburn State Recreation Area captures the #Bright light of that summer morning. Why was I choosing to paint while squinting into the sunlight when it was already over 90 degrees Fahrenheit at 9AM? The world may never know. #BlueSkyArtShow
Watercolor painting showing a creek with sunlight sparkling on the ripples flowing from lower left to middle right. There's a small cluster of rocks on the right with some small plants. On the other side, bushes line the bank in front of a steep hill with dried grass and a few backlit trees casting long shadows on the left. On the right is a more distant hill covered in trees. The blue sky shows a pale area where the sunlight is strongest, although the sun is out of the picture, higher in the sky.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM