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Joanna M. Lawrie
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Author, artist, and cat minion. Now with a site on the web https://joannamlawrie.co.uk, Linktree at https://linktr.ee/joannamlawrie
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Post you from a different era

Wasn’t I a cutie? 😂 aged around 7 years.
A young child of around seven years old holding a baby lamb in a garden. She has long honey blonde hair with a fringe across her forehead, a blue and white check pinafore on, freckles, and her wide smile shows her missing baby teeth.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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More art! A portrait of the artist’s cat, Jimmy (oil pastel on canvas board, 7.87” x 9.84”)

Remember all pieces are available to purchase! Contact details on my website ☺️

joannamlawrie.co.uk

#art #artist #oilpastel #oilpasteloncanvasboard #cat #catart #portrait #catportrait
An oil pastel drawing of a black cat with Very Big Eyes. He was staring at my chicken longingly.
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Feeling ~*~inspired~*~ with oil pastels at the moment 🥰☺️
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#art #artist #oilpastels #artforsale #oilpasteloncanvas #warwickcastle #warwickshire
An oil pastel art of Warwick castle, with trees surrounding it and the reflection in the water below
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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One of the new arts: the Carloway Broch, (oil pastel on canvas board, 7.87” x 7.87”), a ruined fortified building on the Isle of Lewis.
October 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Happy Mean Girls Day to all who celebrate!
A screen cap of that scene from mean girls where the guy asks Lindsey Lohan what day it is and she tells him it’s October 3rd
October 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Bein Watched
A black cat peering over the arm of an armchair, looking directly into the camera. His face is only visible from the nose up.
September 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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And a couple of oil pastels (small rectangles, £120 ea)
An oil pastel painting of a landscape An oil pastel painting of a lighthouse at night
September 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I also have some artwork for sale!

Oil paintings, 2x large rectangles (£500 ea) 2 x small squares (£200 ea)
An abstract oil painting An abstract oil painting An abstract oil painting An abstract oil painting
September 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Share 4 years of your #art 🌹

2022 - 2023 - 2024 - 2025
A digital painting of a black haired Korean man. He has a mic attached to him as he is a singer, a white shirt and blue coat, and various pieces of jewellery. It’s Kim Taehyung of BTS! A watercolour painting of Warwick Castle, surrounded by foliage, all of which is reflected in the river in front. A pencil portrait of Kim Namjoon of BTS. He is smiling and his dimples are showing. An oil pastel painting of a landscape. There are hills in the background, and waterfalls cascading into a blue lake.
August 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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There are truly, genuinely exciting things happening in my life right now but I can’t talk about them publicly yet. Anyone who knows me well will know how much that is KILLING me. 😂

Anyway. Have a jimbles.
A black cat lies atop a blue blanket on a wooden dining chair. His yellow eyes are slightly open and he looks extremely Baby.
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“A learned cat, among his books,
May receive rather curious looks…”
A black cat lies on his side on a beige carpet, visible green-yellow eye just about cracked open. By his head is a Lego set of a person sitting in an armchair reading, with a large bookcase behind them.
August 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Sometimes my cat (Jimmy, in case you forgot or didn’t know) tolerates kisses on top of his head.

Sometimes he genuinely wants them and will butt his head up to my lips, one ear flattened for easy access to get kisses.

I love him so much.
A black cat curled up on the floor, head upside down. One green-yellow eye is visible, his front paws are curled inwards, and his mouth is slightly open
August 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I made an illustrated poem into a children’s book, and based the cat on my own boy Jimmy! I’m very proud of both. ☺️
A children’s book cover for The Learned Cat by Joanna M. Lawrie. A cartoon black cat sits next to a pile of books, on a blue background. A black cat with yellow green eyes lies on a chair. His back foot with all the toe beans is facing the camera.
August 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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My digital art commissions are open! My speciality is animals but I do also enjoy portraits and the occasional plushie! Reply or message me if you’d like a commission. My rates are:
Pet (no background): $45
Human (“ “): $60
Plushie (“ “): $50
Multiples rates ad hoc.
A digital painting of a golden Labrador A digital painting of a man with light blue hair holding some flowers up to his mouth. A digital painting of a multicoloured cat, curled up with one green eye cracked open A digital painting of three plushies: a panda, a pink bunny, and a bee
July 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I do pet commissions (often cats) and have a new children’s book out (illustrated poem) about a cat who loves to read! joannamlawrie.co.uk
A book cover of a children’s book, with a cartoon black cat beside a pile of books. The title is The Learned Cat, and the author is Joanna M. Lawrie A digital portrait of a multicoloured cat curled up, with one green eye slightly cracked open.
July 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Tell me where you are mentally, stuff from your camera roll only
The faded background is a white bird with a long orange beak, with a caption over the top which says “LIVE WEIRD (line break) DIE”
July 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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BOOK RELEASE DAY! Available now on Amazon. amzn.eu/d/eR4lG87
July 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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PUBLIC COVER REVEAL!

My children’s book, The Learned Cat, will be available on Amazon on Monday!
A book cover for ‘The Learned Cat’ by Joanna M. Lawrie. It has white text for title and author, a mid blue background, and a cartoonish black cat with a pile of 6 books.
July 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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*walks in a day late with a latte* SO
1) happy Canada Day for yesterday to all who celebrate!
and
2) it was also my book release day yesterday!!!

Code of Retribution is now available to buy in Kindle and Paperback from your local Amazon site ☺️
A book cover for Code of Retribution by Joanna M. Lawrie. A black cover with white text for title and author names, featuring an image of an angled computer screen on which an image of a red apple can be seen. The apple has a bit taken out of the top right, and there is green poison running down and dripping from the flesh of it.
July 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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New book! CODE OF RETRIBUTION, the sequel to my novella ‘The Darkest Woods’, will be available to purchase on Kindle and in paperback from Amazon on 1st July!!!! Please support an independent author and pick up your copy! ☺️
A book cover for Code of Retribution, a novella by Joanna M. Lawrie. The image is a computer screen with a red apple, which has had a bite taken out of the top, and there is green poison dripping from within the bite.
June 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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An arrow meter with green being ‘low yikes’ yellow being ‘medium yikes’ and the arrow pointing to the red zone which is ‘critical high yikes’
June 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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I would like to point out that my cat is an unrepentant fancy-waitrose-croissant thief.

But he’s kinda ridiculously cute so what can you do?
A black cat curled up and sleeping on a blue patchwork quilt atop a green armchair. He appears to be hugging his back paws and tail in this position.
May 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Also: BLEP
A black cat with yellow-green eyes lying on top of a blue quilt on a chair. His tongue is sticking out very slightly and he is looking directly at the camera.
May 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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His face is shaped like a rugby ball and his CHEEKS are ridiculous.
A black cat lying on the back of an armchair. His face is squashed down in such a way that it is almost completely oval, his cheeks wide and fluffy. His eyes are very slightly open, slits of yellow-green with a line of black pupil down the middle.
May 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Poetry group Word Weavers Collective (including yours truly) performing at the Springboard Festival tonight!!! If you’re in or around Coventry UK this evening get your ticket and head on over! Tickets available here: criteriontheatre.co.uk
The logo for the springboard festival at the Criterion Theatre in Coventry UK, advertising drama, music, poetry, and art, from may 10th to may 17th 2025.
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM