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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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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.
Www.Baltimorefaeriefaire.com
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
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A little break in Halloweenposting to let you know that I have game mats of this series now!

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Photo of a game mat featuring a raft of otters swimming through a starry sky in shades of blue green and yellow
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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If you’re looking for some easy Halloween decor, I still have a few fabric tapestries left and they’re heavily discounted!

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A tall man holding up a full body height/arm width fabric tapestry featuring a jack-o-lantern spilling over with rainbow flames and little Halloween symbols A tall man holding up a full body height/arm width fabric tapestry featuring a scraggly tree covered in jack-o-lanterns in shades of muted orange
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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“Midnight Awakening,” watercolor, more past Halloween work! May the gourds be with you.

Prints: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/midnigh...

Discounted game mats: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/midnigh...
Watercolor illustration of a field of pumpkins against a night sky with a giant moon. Some of the pumpkins have carved jack-o-lantern faces. All are dark, except for one smiling face in the foreground that is lit up. Pumpkin flowers rise up into the sky and become stars.
October 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Another older horror piece in the murky Halloween color palette, “Watcher in the Windows.”

Prints:
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Watercolor illustration of an old creepy Victorian house, with gigantic oversized frightened eyes peering out the front windows.
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Continuing our drift through Halloweens past, here is “Built on Bones.”

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An orange and murky green watercolor illustration of a derelict house on top of a hill of buried skeletons
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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“Lantern Light” another Halloween season piece from the past few years. Inspired by The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury.

I’ve got prints, tapestries, and game mats of this one in the Halloween section of my shop:

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Watercolor illustration in an orange and murky green color palette. It shows a scraggly tree covered in jack-o-lanterns.
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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“Man in the Moon,” watercolor- one of my first (and still a favorite) haunted house pieces.

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Watercolor illustration of a dark old house and tree silhouetted against an orange sky, with a giant moon above. A ghostly screaming skull appears in the moon.
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Here’s the handsome @sixam.net modeling the unisex version of the Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween t-shirt.

Get your own: www.joannabarnum.com/shop/bewitch...
A bearded man posing in a black tshirt with a screen printed orange pumpkin and purple cat on it. Script text reads “bewitching peddlers of Halloween.”
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM