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Sarahjane Bernhisel 📯
@sjbernhiselart.com
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SjB 🔸 she/her 🔸 Oakland, CA painter, illustrator, and founder of brick-and-mortar local art & goods shop Bay-Made
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It’s so good!! My husband’s sun and mercury are in that decan and literally when we met he used to be a blacksmith and jack of all trades machinist/metallurgist and now works in prototype manufacturing and engineering for large companies. We laughed at this
Screenshot of transcript from Kira’s podcast Threads of Fate on Gemini I decan: “And it reminds me of the Agrippa quote for this Decan, which is, a man in whose hand is a rod, and he is, as it were, serving another, and it granteth wisdom and the knowledge of numbers, and arts in which there is no profit. Sure, Mercury loves. I'm like, I love that Agrippa was like, and you're going to be broke. Excuse me.”
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Had an amazing painting retreat with some close friends in Carmel and Monterey with our instructor Mike Hernandez! Really happy with how mine turned out. Learned so much.
Two plein air landscape paintings in gouache featuring scenery from the Monterey Coast of California. Mostly of rocky cliffs and crashing waves beneath.
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Last painting of my 34th year
8” x 10” oil painting of wilted yellow roses in a small green jar, a lemon slice, and fallen petals on a blue background
August 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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I didn’t witness this but there were peppers EVERYWHERE because I know my cat Sundae was startled by the broom falling while she was investigating the peppers
Photo of a tiled floor with an overturned colander and hot red chile peppers strewn about and a broom knocked over, too Sundae the Calico cat, the reasons the peppers were strewn across the floor
August 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Tonight’s quick study paintings.
Photo of a painter’s studio with an easel with a painting of a yellow rose and the still life it was painter from set up behind it, along with various props like lemons and jars for another painting drying behind the first on the table.
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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My Murph, miss him so much!
A blue eyed Bernese mountain dog sitting on a woman’s lap. The dog is bigger than her.
August 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Urns for pet ashes are INSANELY expensive, wtf? Just ended up getting a vintage keepsake box that is way cuter. Heihei was too majestic to be memorialized with something basic
A beautiful fluffy tabby sunning herself in a shop window Porcelain keepsake box in the shape of a cat with hand painted Japanese floral motifs
July 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Yeah well i’m dating everything
Photo of a hand holding a switch console, screen of the device shows the game “date everything” and a scene where the toilet, a french-coded rapper named jean loo pissior aka lil crapper is rapping at the player
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Aw this oil painting just found a home today 🥹
An image of an 8x8inch painting of a burst pomegranate on a light background with three arils around it.
July 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The @baymadeoakland.bsky.social website just got a glow-up along with our storefront www.baymadeoakland.com
Photograph of local bay area made products on a green background. Includes kuali salsa macha, wound care balm from ardent goods, honey from urban beekeeper, McEvoy ranch olive oil lotion, dandelion dark chocolate bar, and a fizzy bath salt from heliotrope sf, all items for purchase from oakland store Bay-Made
May 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Yesss my stickers came in! Get em at @baymadeoakland.bsky.social or with every etsy purchase!
Three packs of holographic rainbow vinyl stickers in bags: a black crowned night heron with the word “Oakland” beneath it, a calico cat with ice cream in a sundae dish, and an angry rainbow wearing cloud high heels and a sun-crown. All illustrated by the original poster
May 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I’ve been wanting to make her a sticker for almost 5 years. SOON
A mockup of a holographic vinyl sticker with an illustration of a cartoon rainbow (with an angry face and arms crossed) as a drag queen. Her crown is the sun and her heels are clouds. Art is drawn by the original poster, Sarahjane Bernhisel.
May 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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How do i block posters of babytalk cats on this site omfg ENOUGH
Text: “mommy getted bod newes abot hers grannyma. I nevar meetad dis hoom but mommy lovf hers. And I lov mine grannyma whoms vary sade too nowe. Sew I snoggle mommy.” As if spoken by a cat.
April 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Decided to illustrate my own starter kit! Saw a few artists and friends do this and loved the idea.
Illustration of a toy action figure “starter kit” of the artist, Sarahjane Bernhisel. Kit includes an action figure of Sarahjane and comes with 3 cats and a dog, big sunglasses, a paintbrush, a thumbs-up, Chacos sandals, and a library card. No AI! Drawn to look like a packaged toy with a hanger cut-out for display.
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Sundae suspicions
A calico cat wearing a bandana standing on her hind legs like a prairie dog or meerkat
April 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Just got my daybreak easel! This and my tripod weigh <7lbs, hoping i can keep my entire kit including solvents, brushes, and paint under 10lbs so I can paint everywhere! #pleinair
An indoor photo of an assembled daybreak easel, which is a palette and panel holder made of wood which attaches to a camera tripod for a lightweight plein air painting setup
April 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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If you see this, quote with your night/dark art!
Nocturne illustration of a backlit barn owl roosting while its chicks are in a hole in a tree, all lit by the moon
April 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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This calla lily popped up in my yard as a weed and I let it grow and the largest stalk was four feet high and the blossom was 7” across. Had to draw it #illustration #callalily
Stylized Illustration of a large calla lily plant with two large blossoms and sorrel and grass by the base of the stems, on a dark background.
March 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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This one ❤️‍🔥
Square oil still life painting of a lemon on a branch with leaves on a blue backdrop
March 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Lemon on the easel today #oilpainting #allaprima
A painter’s set up for oil painting and a mostly-finished still life painting of a meyer lemon on a branch with leaves on a bright, jewel blue background
March 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Proud of these biscuits 🚀
March 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Black crowned night heron, my favorite weird lil Oakland guys
Illustration of a black crowned night heron, the city bird of Oakland, CA
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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My nephew sliding the skeleton! He was going 70mph
March 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Oh i love painting gouache landscapes and then adding a lil red colored pencil on top MMm #painting
March 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Oh springtime is coming 🌸
Small cute scruffy dog with a red “do not pet” leash sleeve in front of a flowering bush
February 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM