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Terra Kind Studio Co.

Terra Kind Studio Co.

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Lakeville,Minnesota 87 位关注者

Connecting you with the ordinary, extraordinary facets of the natural world through art, observation, science, and story

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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 pass over, yet their details and complexities reveal ecosystems vital to the whole and our well-being. There is such awe and beauty in the natural chaos of things. For every subject 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. If others find what I create beautiful, a dialogue can open about the meaning of the work, the environment, climate change, and what these things mean to us. No one organization, system, or individual created climate change, and no one organization, system, or individual can solve it. Collectively, though, we can turn the tide. This means helping others find their way back to nature, understand they are a part of the natural world. Through my work, I give people an entryway to nature healing and calming, bringing awe, wonder, and hope.

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艺术家和作家
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1 人
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Lakeville,Minnesota
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个体经营
创立
2020
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watercolor、drawing、print making、letterpress、book arts、writing、graphic design、gouache、story telling和illustration

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    17915 Kindle Ct

    US,Minnesota,Lakeville,55044

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  • You know how it is when someone mentions something, then after that, that’s all you see? Why do I mention this? Since I began my Stones Project and reading about the geology of the world, I notice stones in all their shapes and sizes, everywhere. For the first time on a daily morning walk, I noticed the huge boulders and smaller “field stone” cousins that rest in nearly every yard. Given their size and girth, it’s a strong assumption that when my neighborhood’s housing was planned, houses were built among the current occupants that resided for millions of years. Instead of trying to move or remove them, they simply incorporated the boulders into the landscape design. In the regional parks I frequent, there are impressive specimens of stones, sleeping giants that I wish could tell me that every thing will be alright because they have seen what time is. Our time is short. “Exam how you spend your days and your energy,” they might say. The interesting thing about stones in all their iterations, is that they originated from someplace else. They traveled by way of glacial ice and water (and possibly space) to land hundreds of miles away and eventually in someone’s future yard. When I think of things larger than myself, like stones, the history of the Earth and the Universe, it puts everything into perspective. (Perspective is one of the positive constants in our lives, alongside frequency and love). It’s important to be aware of what’s happening in this country and abroad, overwhelming as it is these days. At the same time, it’s helpful and calming to put things into perspective. If you made it this far, thank you for indulging me in this space. I appreciate all of you who stop by and comment. You are highly intelligent professionals I respect greatly. While some might think it better I post on other rodeos, gentle reminder, I am not just an artist, I run a business, too. For today’s Lighten Up Friday in the Studio, I give you three Stone Studies. The ink cross hatching hearkens back to an earlier visual language I used when I was doing a lot of black and white illustration. These studies are not just about stones, but the human condition. In each, I see an emotion, a tension, or resolve. Made with several layers of watercolor and archival ink, I like how the lighter areas show through like dappled light through trees leaves. 1. He Felt Things Needed Rearranging (Blue Study) 2. See How She Holds Her Puppy (Brown Study) 3. All She Could Do Is Be There For Them (Orange Study) That’s it for today. Have a lovely weekend. Be kind to every thing that lives and especially be kind to yourself. #stones #perspective #history #artpractice #artbusiness #terrakindstudio

    • Artwork: small watercolor and ink study of a stone design arranged to evoke emotion and the human condition, set on layered blue background and ink cross-hatch patterns by visual artist Kristin Maija Peterson @terrakindstudio
    • Artwork: a small watercolor and ink study of a stone design arranged to evoke emotion and the human condition, set on layered earthy brown background and ink cross-hatch patterns by visual artist Kristin Maija Peterson @terrakindstudio
    • Artwork: a small watercolor and ink study of a stone design arranged to evoke emotion and the human condition, set on layered burnt orange background and ink cross-hatch patterns by visual artist Kristin Maija Peterson @terrakindstudio
  • “Inspiration comes to me every morning at 9:00 am when I enter my studio.” — WENDELL ARNESON. I’m paraphrasing his words a bit. Wendell Arneson happens to be my first and probably best studio art professor at St. Olaf College. His color course was brilliant, engaging, and one of the reasons, (IMHO) why I have such a good sense of color. It was wonderful seeing Wendell again after so many years at his Artist Talk in conjunction with his exhibit “INTERSECTIONS,” showing at the Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis (January 25-March 8, 2025). After so many students (and years), I knew he wouldn’t remember me. It didn’t matter. There was plenty to talk about and a delight as Wendell still carries the same enthusiasm and energy I remember witnessing in class. I love attending artist talks to experience other artists’ styles and approaches to speaking and how they talk about their work. This artist's talk was no exception. Wendell has since retired from teaching but the teacher has never left Wendell. He began by not talking to the audience, but engaging us with an exercise on describing a painting (or any artwork) to a person who was seeing impaired. Art can be described through color, line, shape, texture, contrast, and how it makes you feel. It’s a starting point approach to art when art feels intimidating. When you break it down like this, you begin to see the art you have in your home in a new light. Wendell spoke about where he draws his inspiration for his work, from maps to a local pond, found organic objects, and memories growing up on a dairy farm. I think this is the best part of an artist’s talk. There is a deep well of material, interests, and experiences that goes into a body of work that you could only know by speaking with the artists themselves. Wendell had meaningful takeaways that were validating to me as an artist. I have heard the comments that “it must be nice to play all day making art” and that artists’ inspiration must come from some mythical muse. There is no muse. Making art, a joy (especially in flow), is still work. You have to show up for it every day. That’s when inspiration hits — every morning when I enter my studio. I apologize for the untimeliness of this post. Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day of INTERSECTIONS. Wendell’s piece “Autumnal Walk About” alone is worth the visit. Groveland Gallery is located at 25 Groveland Terrace in Minneapolis. If you happen to be going to the Walker Art Museum, Groveland Gallery is tucked behind the Walker and resides in a historical home setting. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday from Noon-5:00 pm. That’s it for this segment of Lighten Up Friday in the Studio. The photo in the post is a view of my studio. Have a lovely weekend, everyone. Be kind to everything that lives and especially be kind to yourself. #artisttalk #grovelandgallery #artinspiration #artexhibit #artscene #stolafcollege #color #artpractice #terrakindstudio

    • An inside morning view the artist studio of Kristin Maija Peterson showing her various works of small abstract painting and two watercolors in progress on a large butcher block table, sunlight coming through, paint brushes off to the right and a little red ceramic bird watches over the whole scene.
  • One of Robert Frost’s most famous poems, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” came to me in the coming-of-age novel “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton, a book we collectively read in 8th grade. Both the novel (now banned in some parts of the country) and Frost’s poem (thankfully, not banned) have stayed with me. But here’s the thing Bob, among all that early spring gold you wrote about there are many others — pale lavender and blues, muted pinks, and translucent yellow and white. If you’re like me, the response to the first spring gold or any other color you see is jubilant. Every perennial, native or not, pushing up tender growth among the dried stems is cause for celebration. You can tell I go over the top about the small things in nature only because so much of it symbolizes rejuvenation and resilience. If you’re like me, the daily shock and disappointments keep our hearts heavy and anxious. Which is why I speak of spring on this last day of February. Shown here for this segment of “Lighten Up Friday in the Studio” is a watercolor study of “Baby Cabbages” a.k.a. Sedum, sometimes called Stonecrop. Just the thought of gardening eases my mind, a positive thing to do as everything else falls apart. Their young bundles do look like babies, with tiny mouths opening up to eat the sun. Even though this is a study (in preparation for a much larger piece that features Sedum and in the works) my significant other who holds back his opinions of my work, says “it’s a keeper.” Perhaps it could be a print offer in my shop. At an 8 x 10-inch size, it might be a welcoming sight hanging in a back entrance, perhaps a mudroom that one would see upon coming inside after a day’s work in the garden. That’s it for today. Have a lovely weekend, everyone. Be kind to everything that lives and especially be kind to yourself. #poetry #robertfrost #springtime #watercolorpainting #colorpalette #sedum #gardens #babycabbages #artpractice #artbusiness #natureinspired #terrakindstudio

    • Small 10 x 8 inch watercolor study of garden Sedum (also known as Stonecrop) emerging in early spring. Their tender buds look like baby cabbages with tiny months ready to eat the sun. Painted with rich natural colors of blue-greens, lavender, russet, and dark mauve. ??Kristin Maija Peterson 2025. Available soon in her art shop at https://terrakindstudio.com/shop
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  • Today’s Lighten Up Friday in the Studio it’s about experimentation and play. Believe it or not, I used to not allow myself to make little on-the-side projects like this. I didn’t consider it the “real work.” Guess what? Experimentation is the spice that makes the real work possible. Letting yourself experiment is like working a muscle. The more you do it, the more the ideas flow. This is true for any profession, any vocation, any stage of life. At first, I would freeze when confronted with nine colored squares of possibility. Once I relaxed and started drawing the ideas came. The mind loves movement. I discovered this exercise of making a mini-series of watercolors with ink drawings in this format from a lovely textile artist from the UK and her Skillshare classes. Alas, I don’t recall her name to share with you. The best part of experimentation is that it calms me down, and prepares me to show up fresh for the next big watercolor project. (It’s in the works now). That’s it for this week. Have a lovely weekend everyone. Be kind to everything that lives and especially be kind to yourself. #experimentation #artexercise #botanicalart #natureinspired #womanartist #terrakindstudio

    • Nine mini watercolors with ink botanical drawing series on various watercolor backgrounds: indigo, yellow ocher, sage green, and sepia. 5 x 7 inches. Artwork by environmental visual artist Kristin Maija Peterson via Terra Kind Studio Co.
    • A series of nine small watercolor and ink nature-inspired drawings that make up this 5 x 7 artwork. The watercolors used are buff cream, sage green, and mauve. Plants, shrubs, insects, feathers, sticks, and seeds are represented. Artwork by environmental visual artist Kristin Maija Peterson via Terra Kind Studio Co.
  • Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a major greeting card day, it’s Lighten Up Friday in the Studio. One of the things I do with my watercolor paintings is design custom greeting cards with them. Grateful to have the tools in the studio to be able to make them, from a really good scanner to a sharp X-acto blade. (Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to offer greeting card sets in my online shop — it’s on my to-do list!) From birthdays to belated birthdays, to congratulations and my favorite “just because I was thinking of you” I have been sending out handcrafted cards for decades now. People tell me they save them, sometimes frame them. So no matter what, my art can be out in the world. Doodling flower designs on the brown Kraft envelope flaps is a new thing I’m doing, though I have no idea how they fair once I drop them in the mail. Funny, I once wanted to work for a greeting card company. I applied to several. I guess I’m not that kind of Hallmark girl. That’s it for today. Spend (make) time with the one you love (even if woofs or purrs). Have a lovely weekend, everyone. Be kind to everything that lives. . . . . . #greetingcards #greetingcarddesign #watercolorcards #watercolorpainting #DYI #mailingcards #onlineshop #terrakindstudio #kraftenvelopes #stationery #inthestudio #repurposeart #artprints

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    “The Shores That We Know” LAKE SUPERIOR STONES / SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE There’s something calming about creating this small watercolor of stones. With a limited color palette, I didn’t have to decide on too much. All I focused on was the roundness, light, and shadow. There’s something calming about stones in general. They have been here before us, shaping the planet, making soil, regulating climate, and creating our landscape. Stones are a steadfast reassurance. Most of the stones you encounter are basalt, including those in the watercolor painting. But basalt loves to fool the citizen scientist and budding geologist. The rock plays a chameleon, taking on various characteristics other than the smooth round water-polished form. I will tell you as an artist painting 3D objects in a 2D space is always a challenge to pull off. I suspect it’s why Cézanne painted his Rock and Quarry Paintings, near his native Provence. The rocks were teaching him about how light and shadow shape the 3D world onto a 2D canvas. Or that the price of oranges had just gone through the roof and was too expensive for Paul to continue to use them as a subject. I want to give a special shout-out to Mary Pat McNeil for her ongoing support and encouragement of my art and art business. Her photos of the North Shore helped spur my “Stones” project. I am no stranger to the North Shore as I suspect many of you are not either. Standing in front of Lake Superior for the first time I thought I was seeing ocean. A lake so vast she can create her own weather and her tempests have devoured some 500 ships. I spent my college summers waitressing (when women servers were called that) at Lutsen Resort when the Nelsons owned and operated it. That job gave me an education I would never have received anywhere else. DETAILS: 7 x 9-inches watercolor on handmade Twin Rocker artisan paper. #northshore #stones #watercolorpainting #cezanne #arthistory #artbusiness #storytelling #basalt #terrakindstudio #womanartist

    • Titled “The Shores That We Know: North Shore Stones”, a 7 x 9-inch watercolor painting of shoreline rocks in blue, gray, and blush pink with an above view of their tightly grouped arrangement. Artwork by visual artist Kristin Maija Peterson at Terra Kind Studio Co.
  • Good morning from the studio! After finishing a large watercolor I like to indulge in play — experimenting, sketching, writing, etc. before settling in with a new piece in preparing for an exhibit at Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, Minnesota this year (8/7-9-30/2025) After the past couple of weeks, (and I think you all know what I’m talking about), my nervous system needs to find calm. I found it by keeping a promise I made to myself. A while back I made 40+ small thumbnail sketches of stones, all in different colors and arrangements. I promised myself I would make larger versions of these and see if they still held the same drive to build out an entire body of work. If you get nothing more out of this post than this, it should be to keep the promises you make to yourself. For one reason, it just feels good. Two, I’m pretty sure your promise-keeping allows for reaching goals. While I love the simple design of ordered stones, I am not abandoning my style of highly detailed work. This series will be a blend of both. Shown here is a work in progress, a watercolor depicting stones as we encounter them in nature. The second one (made with buckthorn berry ink) is called “Everything Will Be All Right.” She is a big mama figure with her children all around. The third one (made with black walnut ink and a bit of indigo) is called “She’s Still Thinking About It.” See her “arm” on her “hip.” I know it’s a kind of pareidolia that I experience with my stone watercolor paintings. Sometimes I see a bear, a sleeping giant, and other times emotions. I’m also revising the book Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud. Even if you lack the slightest interest in geology, this book is a wonder. Through her stories as a geologist, I am reminded that the sciences are still too male-dominated. Women scientists are often accused of anthropomorphizing their subjects. And there lies the danger. By holding that which we study in cold, analytical terms, we further distance ourselves from nature and abandon all conscience or guilt by exploiting it for our gain. As Marcia states in her prologue that “Contrary to their reputation, rocks are alert, responsive, communicative.” We just need to learn their language. Like botany, geology is experiencing a renaissance, a new surge of research, study, and insight. I hope for both sciences, there will be more women involved. That’s it for this Friday. Have a lovely, safe weekend, everyone. Be kind to everything that lives and especially be kind to yourself. #watercolorpainting #stones #geology #pareidolia #womenscientists #womanartist #nature #earthscience #watercolorseries #workinprogress

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  • End of the week, end of the month, and despite being out of the studio with a chest cold for week, I managed to make my deadline in completing this piece. I’ll bet you didn’t think artists had deadlines, did you? Truth is artists have many —many that involve applications for grants, proposals, residencies, a.k.a. lots of thinking and writing, alongside producing the work. My deadline at the moment is to complete at least 5 new watercolors by the end of June. That’s how many new pieces I want to round out my upcoming exhibit at Silverwood Park Gallery that opens August 7th, 2025. (Most of my paintings and drawings take a month to complete, 60-80 hours, easily). That may seem like a long way off, but boy, the time goes quickly. With so much to do and plan, instead of getting anxious, I live for the process of it all. Most of the time I get a little melancholy after I have finished a painting. That’s how much l love I love this work. I learned so much from this piece — the biggest factor that tells me it’s a success, regardless. The wild indigo is painted using buckthorn berry ink that I made in October. The depth and range of colors it can produce amazed me. Wild indigo seed pods are not very big in real life, about an inch and a quarter long. But I wanted to present them in a dramatic way and I think I managed to create a sense of movement, too. (You tell me if you sense it, too). Some people say my work is about decay. I can see that. I do paint and draw native plants after the frost has done them in. Their transformation is what fascinates me. Instead of decay, I see this as representing the cycle of life. One generation making way and ensuring the success of their offspring and ecosystem as a whole. My interest in so-call “dead plants” likely comes from childhood memories. As a kid, I remember my dad gathering dried prairie plants and wildflowers and arrange them as winter bouquets in large crock pots. Nobody I knew did this. I thought of it as a beautiful, creative way to bring nature into the house. That’s it for this week. There will be a bit more play to come as I usually take a break between large pieces. Til then, have a lovely and safe weekend. Be kind to everything that lives and especially be kind to yourself. #wildflowers #nativeplants #naturalink #watercolorpainting #buckthorn #wildindigo #exhibits #inthestudio #terrakindstudio

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  • It’s Lighten Up Friday in the Studio. However, all the momentum and enthusiasm for plans to start the year were completely sidetracked by a nasty chest cold. Instead of the euphoria of feeling better, which came easily when I was a kid, it’s been a slower process toward that “feeling better” feeling. The good news is that I’ve been able to make progress in the studio this week. Today I’m sharing a sneak peek of a large watercolor I have been working on using the color palette I showed you earlier with the buckthorn berry ink in action. While working closely, all the details become abstract. Not until I pull back and see what I painted do I realize how lovely those leaves turned out. That’s the magic of making art. Wild Indigo, like all members of the pea family, produces seed pods in autumn. They rattle like mini maracas with their tiny seeds riding inside. If you happen to garden or have a native garden with a spot that gets full sun most of the day and well-drained soil, think about harvesting Wild Indigo seeds to plant in the spring. According to the MN DNR, Wild Indigo is on the concerned species list. Their numbers have been dropping due to agricultural land use. Wild Indigo is suited to life on the prairie, where they can grow their tall flower stocks to delight the bumblebees (and humans, too). Have a lovely weekend, everyone. Be kind to everything that lives. #workingprogress #watercolorpainting #wildindigo #ink #mnartist #womanartist #terrakindstudio #wildflowers #conservation #nativegardens

  • Lighten Up Friday in the Studio. I’m currently 25 hours in creating a new watercolor and I thought I would show you the color palette I’m using. What makes this color palette special is that I am using the buckthorn ink I made earlier this autumn. It has a special quality on its own and actually works well with other watercolor pigments (courtesy of my two favorite guys, Winsor & Newton). I thought I would show you these as they have a warm rich earthy color that I have been told would make excellent tones for textiles, as in weaving, wool, yarn, and cloth. The ink dries differently than watercolor does — which is pretty exciting and I can get the nice clean lines that I love. That’s it for today. I’ll be showing sneak peeks of the piece I mentioned in the coming weeks. Till then, have a lovely weekend, everyone. Be kind to everything that lives. #color #colorpalette #naturalink #ink #workinprogress #watercolorpainting #buckthorn #experiment #textiles #terrakindstudio

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