In Search of Awe / Drawn from Nature
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RIVER DIVINATIONS
VIEWS FROM ABOVE
FOR THE LOVE OF BIRDS
NATIVE WILD SPACES
Looking for Awe?
People ask me where the inspiration for my work comes from. I say “Everything outside my front door.” That’s not to say everything is inspirational. I hunt for beauty and awe where and when I am out in the natural world.
My work represents the wild, the messy, the misunderstood, and the hidden “spaces” within our Midwest landscapes and those I discover abroad. The spaces and places I find intriguing and magical are the ones we often passed over, yet their details and complexities reveal ecosystems vital to the whole and vital to our well-being. There is such awe and beauty in the natural chaos of things.
For every piece I draw, watercolor, or print, I craft a story that blends art with science to give you a deeper understanding and connection to our natural world. Everything is amazing out here.
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Upcoming Exhibits
GROUP SHOW Concerning Plants with visual artists Margi Grill and David Spohn at ArtReach St. Croix in Stillwater, Minnesota from August 24th through September 30th, 2023. The opening reception will be Thursday, August 24th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
SOLO SHOW at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s Reedy Gallery in Chaska, Minnesota from August 23rd through October 29th, 2023. The Children of Nature: Find Your Wonderland exhibit is getting another opportunity to reach a wider audience with an extended calendar.
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Behind the Scenes
Natural things, references and drawings, studies that sometimes lead to progress, discoveries, and new directions. I have a deep, ongoing curiosity about our relationship with the natural world. How has colonization, hybridization, botanizing landscapes, and other human influences impact life on Earth through out history?
TEN PERCENT
10% of all Terra Kind Studio’s annual sales of original artwork and prints are donated to nonprofits working on environmental and climate change issues. By supporting this local artist, you can have beauty on your walls while doing good in the world.
INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ORIGINAL ART? Email hello@terrakindstudio.com
All artwork shown on this website is protected by copyright law and can not be reproduced without expressed written permission by Kristin Maija Peterson.
If you like what you see here, be kind and share but don’t steal.
ABOUT
Terra Kind Studio showcases the creative work of visual artist and designer Kristin Maija Peterson. Growing up among prairies, lakes, rivers, and oak savannas along with her project work with environmental nonprofit organizations have collectively influenced her creative path. Kristin works in watercolor, graphite, color pencil, oil pastels and pen and ink, interpreting in detail the beautiful chaos within native wild spaces and its inhabitants found living there. She sees all living creatures as kin and is always kind to spiders.
Contact the Studio
e: hello@terrakindstudio.com
p: 651 318 7100
