“Aiming For The Target” watercolor on paper 13 x 18″
I am a bit slow this year on planning my goals, having waffled a bit about ‘where I want to go ” with my life and my artwork. But I think I am on target now with shows lined up and deadlines to meet, illustrations to be done and commissions accepted. And I still have time for fun original work! I am on target!
Which brings me to the latest work I am finishing up. Pictured above. “Aiming For The Target” is almost done..a work in progress at this point. It is a watercolor on paper on board and is sized at 13 x 18″. When it is finished I will be putting it up onto my website . I have enjoyed doing two works depicting the high energy sport of mounted shooting! I am looking forward to getting some more reference shots this summer when they are having events in Maine that I can go to.
My internet is acting up yet again this morning….very disconcerting. So I can cutting this post short and going on to endeavors that are easier on the brain! Walking the dogs! 
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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“Carry A Big Whip” casein 20 x 16″ copyright 2009 Kathi Peters
Each day I try to do some artwork. I am usually able to work without any distractions [other than normal daily distractions of dogs, horses, and husband! ] But of late, the days have had a myriad of minor and major distractions. I know it must be a sign of the holidays that are upon us….baking, shopping, partying ….making lists! It all takes its toll. Any day spent away from the studio feels like time lost for me…as if I lost that one time when I was going to really do my best work yet! ….That one painting that would have that WOW factor!! A day wasted! I wonder how many other artists have that same burn….that same push each day to create and to maybe actually do that best work ever? It is always about the next painting!
My latest painting is pictured above, a hunt scene…and what captured my interest was the whip and the movement of the horse…..”Carry A Big Whip ” is a 20 x 16″ casein on board. It will be available on my website if you want to see a larger image.
Tomorrow is another day where obligations will take me away from the studio. What if tomorrow was going to be the day that I would be painting my masterpeice….and I wasn’t there working on it! How will I ever know?!!!
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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The rain came down for hours, pounding on our cottage’s metal roof, running in rivulets down the driveway back to the barn and it filled our bubbly brook to over flowing. This brook is usually a rambling brook that gently trips it way through the woods that stand on the one side of our property. There is a scraggly evergreen tree that stands in the middle of this brook …and I love it. It has grown a bit since we moved here, and I enjoy seeing it as it stands sentinel in the midst of the mountain run-off brook. I imagine decorating it with lights and tinsel every Christmas, but I don’t do it. Instead I let mother nature decorate it with new fallen snow each winter, and to skirt it with a blanket of ice. So far this winter there has not been any snow here in our part of Maine, but I am sure we won’t have to wait much longer for the white to come. Until it does come, I will enjoy listening to the brook as it sings… as it winds past Cob Cottage.
I have been busy working on several works in casein, and one of these paintings is of a hunt scene. I started with one image and have added and subtracted from it in the process. The image below is how it looked at one point. Keep this in mind, as I will be posting the finished work very shortly….and it looks differently . That is my prerogative …artist license one could say. I am just trying to sing my song…and sometimes I get out of tune! I hope it is ‘on pitch’ when it is done!
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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Looking out from my studio, the farm is starting to look a bit gray around the edges. The gold and orange of Fall makes way for the more solemn gray of the coming winter. But the one bright spot behind the barn,beside the pond, stands out with the still yellow of the Tamarack trees. I love them in the fall with their burst of yellow and again in spring when they put out their delicate soft Chromium Light Green needles that just whisper of the coming of warmth and growth on the farm.
The other bright spot being my awesome yellow barn doors. What a great statement they make!
Canvas is not the only thing I paint!!
Don’t forget the 140 Hours of Fame Art show and Auction that is taking place on Twitter….check it out. A great way to get some great art to brighten up your walls for this winter! It starts tomorrow, Nov.5th! Bid early and bid often! 
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The canvas with the ‘Beautiful Blonde Belgians’ is in the ‘uglies’ stage. All paintings seem to go though that phase… where I sort of loose direction and have to pull the work back together again. The fact that my studio is so small is also a problem when I work on these larger canvases.
But I am excited about this one…and I do know where I want to go with it…I am just not there yet!
The artshow reception at Anderson Galleries in Locust Valley, NY took place on Thursday [9/10/09] evening and I have already had positive input about the show and my work. Hope you can get into the gallery to see my work and the lovely work of the other artists exhibited there.
Color is slow, so far, to hit the trees surrounding our farm. But I can heard the sounds of fall and the sad passing of summer in the birds and insects around Cob Cottage. The yellow finch are singing like they never sang all summer. I wonder if they will stick around this winter cheering up the gray landscape with their sunny yellow? I hope so!
Back to my painting….mixing my colors for the day. 
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Not only does this cute pug have his own yacht…he also has people to sail it for him! This 12 x 12 ” casein was commissioned by a collector of my work from New York, and it is to be given to Charlie’s people. Yes , Charlie….THE PUG……has ‘PEOPLE’! I should have people!
What I have is animals….
My Cob Cottage crew are napping on the deck…..soaking up sun before thunderstorms storm through. Summer has finally arrived in Morrill, Maine!
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There has been a serious lack of sunshine lately. My flowers are wilting…veggies are not growing…and I think we all, at Cob Cottage, are starting to grow mold! Nellie tried to soak up some sun the other day when we did have some rays bathing the farm. But the sun was short lived and now the farm is cloaked in fog and drizzle blankets the fields and woods.
I am still working on the BIG painting, but I am starting some small ones too, because my muse needed a change from big. Every evening I have to dismantle my easel and prop the big painting against the cupboard in my studio, so that we can get through the studio to get to the bedroom. I am thinking my studio was not meant to be housing BIG paintings.
And the first sunny day ….I am headed out to work in the gardens and soak up some rays. Nellie knows when to grab her chances…I was too busy painting on the Big painting!
Live and learn!!! 
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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“Aiming For The Target” watercolor on paper 13 x 18″
