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Kara Barnard’s Cartoons and Artwork

Little known fact: Kara’s been creating visual art longer than she’s been creating music, and as one might expect, she’s really good at it.

Select from the three links below to view just a few examples of Kara Barnard’s cartoons and artwork.

MAPS
“Cartoon Cartography”
CARTOONS
“Karatunes”
ALL THE REST
Album covers, art prints, brochures, etc.

Kara occasionally accepts visual art projects but generally prefers to focus on her teaching. 

HAND-DRAWN MAPS

A photo of one of Kara Barnard's "Cartoon Cartography" maps being created.

Kara calls her unique hand-drawn maps “cartoon cartography.” She has created them for several Indiana locations including the cities of Nashville, Bloomington, and Bedford. 

Finished size for maps varies, but most are around 2′ X 3′. 

You can click to enlarge the maps below.

Kara Barnard's "Cartoon Cartography" hand-drawn map of Brown County, Indiana.
Kara Barnard's "Cartoon Cartography" map of Pine Creek Camp in Brown County, Indiana.
"Cartoon Cartography" map of Epworth Forest, created by Kara Barnard showing the layout of the camp area.
Hand-drawn, "Cartoon Cartography," map of Valley Branch Retreat in Brown County, Indiana, created by Kara Barnard.

CARTOONS

Kara’s cartoons have been featured in many national and regional publications over the years. Here’s just a tiny selection. 

Click to open the cartoons in a lightbox.

An cartoon labeled "The cats staging and easter reenactment" which supposes that the dog is in a cave with a large rock rolled against the opening. Kara is looking for the dog, the five cats are trying to prevent her from realizing the dog is in the cave.
A color cartoon titled, "The Barnard Reenactors Celebrate St. Patricks Day." The cats and the dog appear to be staging a painting of St. Patrick and the snakes.
A full color cartoon titled, "The Barnard Reenactors, Homage to St. Valentine." The cats and the dog are posing.
Black and white graphic cartoon by Kara Barnard titled "Sentient Being Kit," showing lots of books and jars and such with great names like "Denial," Pheromones, Emotional Baggage, Memories," and more...
A black and white cartoon by Kara Barnard showing Kara sleeping at 3 am, covered in cats doing various activites like knitting, playing with a VR headset, having a cup of tea, and playing with a Rubik's Cube.
A cartoon by Kara Barnard titled, "Synchronized Bathing," showing all five of her cats with one leg up in the air.
A panel cartoon showing one cat after another being stuck to a ceiling with static electricity, and the caption, "A crazy cat lady experimenting with static electricity on a winter's day."
A cartoon by Kara Barnard showing a group therapy session with all dogs. They are sitting on folding chairs, just like people would be. The title is, "Therapy Dogs."
A black and white cartoon showing Kara Barnard's dog, Dobie Jo with a TV remote control in her hand and the text, "Dobie Jo binge watching 40 seasons of Survivor."

Check out more cartoons on the Karatoons Facebook page and the Cartoons by Kara Barnard website.

CD COVERS AND MORE

Click to open these designs in a lightbox.

Kara Barnard and Troy Seele's "The Water's Edge" CD cover showing a color pencil drawing of two guitars.
Kara Barnard's Fret Hopping in Brown County CD cover. Text and the drawings of several bluegrass instruments.
Kara Barnard's Brown County Waltz CD Cover. Text and the drawings of several bluegrass instruments.
A graphic showing two different mountain dulcimers on a black back background, by Kara Barnard.
A colorful drawing/graphic suitable for a Christmas card showing five banjos with bows on them. Each is against a different background color and the drawing looks quite festive.
A graphic by Kara Barnard with 8 cartoons of realistic hearts in different colors.
A graphic cartoon in color with a hound dog playing a banjo and howling at the moon while another hound plays a guitar in the background.
A colorful brochure with lots of text and one of Kara's hand-drawn maps showing the locations of Brown Country zip lines.
Kara Barnard's hand-drawn map of the bike trails inside Valley Branch Retreat.
Kara creates signage, murals, company logos, stationary, holiday cards, posters, flyers, book covers, brochures, and wearable designs.

All projects are created to your specifications and delivered promptly. 

For a quote or for questions regarding Kara Barnard’s cartoons and artwork, please contact Kara.

Background image of a row of hands, based on a drawing by Kara Barnard