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A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos

The watercolor shown above is a project of two years in planning and commemorates a time and place that defies accepted lawn maintenance practices and aesthetics. What follows is the story of A Little Chaos.  People who know me know I changed addresses a lot (12...

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Paper Houses

Paper Houses

What To Do With A Painting Gone Wrong. I’ve been witnessing what a few artists are doing with a painting gone wrong on Instagram. Some are cutting their paintings up and reworking them into a collage. So much better! It changes the perspective and they don’t feel so...

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What’s In An Artist’s Signature?

What’s In An Artist’s Signature?

Two recent events triggered this side-bar question “When did artists begin signing their artworks?” One is my reading The Art Forger, an entertaining thriller given to me over the holidays. The other is a news item about a group of artists filing a class action...

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How to Begin A New Year

How to Begin A New Year

How do you know where you are going if you don’t know where you’ve been? One of the best ways to start a new year is by reflecting on the year you just lived. This has been particularly important to me as I moved from graphic designer to full-time visual artist. I no...

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It’s Cultivated. It’s Complicated.

It’s Cultivated. It’s Complicated.

WARNING: This post begins as a real-life downer, yet gets lighter with delights, ending with a shot of hope. Stay with me. This week environmental news (though it comes as no surprise) came on two fronts. The first came from one of my favorite environmental news...

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Please, Give It A Title.

Please, Give It A Title.

I’m visiting an exhibit of an artist I don’t know yet. The artist’s work is powerful and moving to me. I read the label beside each piece. Many of them read Untitled or Untitled No. VI. I kind of feel cheated. I want to know what the artist was feeling and thinking to...

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Seven Starlings

Seven Starlings

This is a story about my latest work inspired by a starlings’ visit, Mozart, an author, immigration, mathematics, and William Morris.

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After The Opening

After The Opening

Ten (plus) lessons I gleamed producing my debut solo exhibition (Children of Nature: Find Your Wonderland held at the Owatonna Arts Center in Owatonna, Minnesota). This project was more than a year in the making, starting with an invitation, influenced by a business...

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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.

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