❦  ILLUSTRATOR · ROMANTASY & HIGH FANTASY  ❦

Barbara
Lynn

Worlds rendered in oil-light and shadow.
Characters that smoulder before they ever speak.

❦   THE ARTIST  ❦

Painting the moment
before they kiss.

Barbara Lynn is a digital artist working at the intersection of romantasy and high fantasy. Her practice is rooted in semi-realistic rendering, theatrical lighting, and an obsession with the chemistry between two characters who are about to make a very bad, very beautiful decision.

She paints inclusive cast — including plus sized, brown, disabled, old — because the genres she loves were always meant to hold all of us. Her work has appeared on covers from Hollow Tide Press, Saltwater Books, and a long list of indie authors who needed their cast to look like the future.

MORE ON THE STUDIO
Detail from a recent illustration

STUDIO DETAIL · 2025

from Queen of the Hollow Court

❦   RECENT WORKS  ❦

From the studio.

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