January 20, a Commission, because we could all use a smile...

  Not that this makes the world that much better, but I do believe in holding joy where we find it. And my joy is in animals, and pets, and painting those things...

I put this in the wrong spot on my blog so I'm reposting it now, in February!

This is a commission that makes me smile, and made me smile as I was painting it. I am very grateful for all the love our pets give us, and fill our hearts, and steady our nerves so we can keep standing up and working to have the best world possible for our future adults, our children, to live in.

Oh, and I'll also include a video from the Art Sled Rally for you, Sat Jan 17th, here in Minneapolis- it was so joyful and ridiculous and the best medicine for me~

Reba and Grace

  This was a lovely one to paint, and I got to paint it not just once but twice! My panels I was using developed hairline cracks after I was nearly finished with the painting which was extremely frustrating, and needless to say, I won't be using that manufacturer any more... poop.

It is always a challenge to paint a pair of pets, and the better the photo of the two of them is, the better the painting will be!  This was a good photo and I loved the bright light and dark shadows involved.

Oh, and I'm also excited to invite you to come to the Bloomington Center for the Arts or Artistry this coming Thursday the 12th of February for a Reception for my show there, Minnesota Neighbors! I'll be there from 6-8 with some snacks and beverages and I'd love to see you if you're in town!

Jan 5, Another Commission!

 This morning the dogs woke me up a half an hour earlier than I needed to get up. So I got up anyway. Over winter break, I'd let them out and feed them and go back to bed. Can't do that today! Time to get back to work!

And speaking of work, I'm still working on a few recent commissions that came in just before Christmas with the understanding that they'd get done when they get done. That's a nice time line, though honestly I do work best with a deadline!

This is a double pet portrait for a friend from high school. He was hoping I would include our mascot, the Brady Bronco hidden somewhere in the image, and I tried but it just was too obvious anywhere I put it and it bothered me, so I took it out.

I just loved those steady, patient, attentive and loving faces...

8x10 acrylic on wood

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Commissions!

 This is Riley!  Such a fun piece to paint~

Come try your hand at it this Saturday and paint your own pet with me!  more info and sign up here!

Riley, 16x8

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Donkey Love Light

 Here's another donkey painting for your Sunday- I had some fun figuring out what color to make the background- I didn't want to just leave it green...! 

Loving where I'm at, and who I'm with, and I hope you are having some fun time for the holidays as well!

Working on a batch of commissions, trying to get them done before Christmas!

If you're wanting a painting for a gift let me know! Take a look at what's available on my gallery here, and I can get it to you before Christmas eve if you live in the Minneapolis/St Paul area!

Happy to help you get some color in your holiday!

XOXOX

12x6 acrylic on wood

$165

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FriYAY! Whew!

Sheesh!  I haven't posted anything in a while because I've been a bit busy!  You too? Got those holiday cards ready to send? Tree up? Guests coming over so house cleaning is underway? Are you working on your sabbatical proposal too?

Of course, a lot of what I'm painting right now are commissions, so I can't exactly post those yet... but here's another sweet horse from Nancy's ranch in Hastings!

12x6 acrylic on wood

$165

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Donkey Ears

 yes I've been painting lots of things- otters, cats, dogs and DONKEYS. Did I mention that I went to visit my friend Nancy at her ranch in Hastings, and got to take a ton of photos of these incredible creatures? So be prepared... there will be a few more of these!

I love the length of their faces and that tufty, rough, grey fur, and those long soft looking ears...

Oh and those EYELASHES!!!!

So sweet~

12x6 acrylic on wood

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11/24 A Commission

 There's still time if you were hoping to have a pet painted for yourself or a friend!  Get on my list asap though!

This is a sweet kitty for a friend~ the photo wasn't well lit, but I think I managed to get some life in there!

And there's still a couple spots left in this coming Saturday's Paint Your Pet class! 1:30-4!

8x8 acrylic on wood

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Lil' Green Cup

 This was a demo, maybe last week I think? For my painting class~ we were doing 10 minute paintings and talking about using limited brush strokes and I think that's what this was- Its a sweet little merimac teacup, a sage green with a creamy inside and the shape sometimes defies what your brain is telling you...

I have a couple more Paint Your Pet classes this November, and then maybe a couple in December but we'll see about that, so there is ONE this Sunday the 23rd, and one a week from this Saturday just after Thanksgiving on the 29th- you can sign up here! Right now, I am REALLY needing the meditative sweep of my paint brush to pull me into the present and stop worrying (at least for a minute) about everything...

Come paint with me!

It really is like yoga for your brain...

6x6 acrylic on panel

$75

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One-Day Paint Your Pet Classes in November!

 I just wanted to put this here so you'd be sure to see it!

PAINT YOUR PET One-Day Class Opportunities in NOVEMBER 2025!

At Studio #210 in the Ivy Building in South Minneapolis!

Dates available are~

Sunday November 23,  2-4:30pm

Saturday November 29, 1:30-4pm

Just $65 covers all materials and my time for one 8x8 acrylic painting by YOU!

Click here to sign up now!

Even if you've never picked up a paint brush before, I can help you paint your (or a loved ones') pet~ I have been teaching children and adults for over twenty years and have learned from the best. 

This class is a One-Day, TWO and a HALF HOUR class in acrylic painting on black panels for $65 including ALL MATERIALS and all the help and humor I can provide! 

You will go home with something beautiful to hang on your wall or to give to someone as a unique one-of-a-kind gift. 

The only thing I need from YOU is an emailed photo of your pet (to katcorriganart@gmail.com), and I'll crop it and print it to fit our panels so you can paint it all on your own!

Come prepared to work! This is a working studio space and I do have aprons to lend out, but do be aware that acrylic doesn't come out of fabric easily~ if you don't have an apron, you can bring a paint shirt~

And you can also bring a friend!  Bring a snack! Bring your favorite beverage!  I always have tea available and sometimes treats, but this can certainly be more of a painting party than that!

Kids aged 8 and up are welcome as long as they have a willing and supportive adult to assist!

Sign up now!

You can VENMO me at @kat-corrigan, my icon is a deer and the last 4 digits of my cell are 6675!

OR use this Paypal Link!

 OR this QR code!

Also not an otter...

 "Come Have A Cup With Me!" This was a demo painting from my last painting class, and it was a push to my students to paint a simple still life BIG!  Stacking the cups does make it a little more complicated, and I am pretty happy with how it turned out!

That white cup just glows and the brown middle mug is velvety dark, and the shadow worked out well too! 

12x16 acrylic on canvas panel

$200

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10/23, Not an Otter...

Sorry, I haven't had the kind of time lately to get things done, and Max has a sore throat and a bit of a fever so I'm distracted, and he's also supposed to be doing tech for the Roosevelt School One Act plays this week! I'm trying to find a link- Here's the address- Roosevelt High School 4029 28th Ave S, Mpls 55406 and the plays are FREE!  This is 3 One-Act plays, directed and performed by students, each about 30 minutes with intermissions between each, and we'll have home-made baked goods for sale ($1 each!!!) to raise money! Duane made a HUGE batch last night of pumpkin cookies and chocolate chips and snickerdoodles!!! ALL GLUTEN FREE!

And this is Max!

8x8 acrylic on panel

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10/21 Otters Up!

 This one has more muted and neutral colors than I usually use, and it is a funny size too, 10 3/4 inches by 4 3/4 inches, so it's a little under $100 bucks and I'm putting a hanging system on the back so it can hang immediately, cuz framing it might be pricey...

I love the fluid motions and that open back paw- look at all the toes!!! Do we still call them Toe Beans on wild animals?

I gotta get down to the zoo!  All these are from past photos and I was hoping for some new ones! And we don't have that many days left in October!!!

10 3/4 x 4 3/4 acrylic on panel

$95

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10/18 Otterly Alert!

As we all are, sometimes, otterly alert to what's around us, what's happening, where we're afraid, where we find our joy... I hope you are finding some joy today, wherever you are! I took my mom to pick out new frames on Friday and it was a hoot!  We both picked out new ones and it was fun taking photos of mom trying on some unusual shapes and colors...  And now I find myself second-guessing my new pair, which I won't have for a couple weeks.  Am I going to still like them? Will I look like myself? Eeek!

6x6x6 acryolic on canvas

$66!

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10/15 Water Babie

 I don't know exactly why I need to spell BABIE this way, but for some reason, this otter painting requires it... if you know why, please let me know! This is a sea otter, not a river otter, and I love them just the same. They do lead very different lives from their river-dwelling cousins. I wonder how each would do in the other's environment? River otters don't have the fluffy-ness of a sea otter, and that's what gives them floatability (can't think of the proper word at the moment- it'll come to me later...) and insulates them against the cold and wet. I believe river otters are also waterproof, but I don't know that they have that extra floaty- layer.... 

SO interesting!  And that's called SCIENCE, right? Biology! SO interesting~ I wanted to study animals as a kid, be a veterinarian and work with critters all the time, but I was thrown off by the math involved. I mean, I'm happy with my life as it currently is, but what would have happened if I'd been more encouraged towards math?

Hmm. I don't think I've ever wondered that before! This is a real stream-of-consciousness kind of post, isn't it...

6x6x6 acrylic on canvas

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10/14, Otter Dinner

This is one I painted a while ago, and I didn't have time today to paint one yet! I love getting those colors on the water, light reflections against dark, pops of unexpected color... so fun!

She's one of our sea otters at the Minnesota Zoo, out towards the Northern Trail. I have to get back out there again soon!

10x20 acrylic on wood

$400

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10/13 Otterly Grooming

Happy Indigenous People's Day! I love listening to the Current because they are so good at playing such a wide variety of music and they are taking advantage of today to play lots of great native pieces!

This is an otter that I painted larger at one point, and so I did a tiny version so I can try to keep painting an Otter Every Day, or Every Otter Day for the month of Otter-Tober!

Getting those little claws in and the light on her face was super fun!

Oh and there's still a few spaces open in my next Paint Love Classes at my studio in the Ivy Building in South Minneapolis!  We will meet Saturday mornings for 6 weeks, 9:30-noon starting October 25th!  Come join us!

6x12 acrylic on panel

$165

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10/9 Otter SIde-eye

 I like this one!  I've been really trying to catch the feel of the otters in their environment, underwater, and the color of the water is different from some of my favorite older otter paintings, where it's mostly greens and turquoises...(like this one, and this one)- water looks more lavender-grey, and I want it to look as action-y as the older ones...

I do feel like I got her cheeks and whiskers and eyes this time!  I had to gesso over her eyes once to get them a better shape~ I really like how she's looking at us! It's not quite a total side-eye, but enough that you get it!

   16x8 acrylic on canvas

$256

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10/8 Otter Glance

 Here's anOTTER otter for you! This one was a bit trickier because the photo is blurry and stuff isn't as clear. I'm still pretty happy with it- those eyes- all that play, swooping and sliding and zipping around underwater- greens and blues and purples...

Otters are amoong my fav subjects~ in case you hadn't noticed....

6x6 acrylic on wood

$75

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10/6 Water Lover

 This is a favorite of mine, and any time I bring it along to an art fair or exhibit, people gravitate to it. I think it's because the otter is really looking at us, there's a sense of being seen by her, of the fact that she recognizes you are another living creature like her. I love that.

I also really love the water in this one.. the abstract quality, trying to let my control go over what I think water should look like, and letting it be as I see it. That's tough, actually. Anyone who's tried to paint a paper bag knows that!

18x24 acrylic on panel

$865

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10/5 AnOTTER OTTER! "Otter Observer"

 This otter was so happy to see us when we showed up at the zoo!  It was just a bit after 9am and we didn't have a lot of time and I wanted some otter pics, so we hustled to the Minnesota Trail and there she was, flirting and floating and diving and just really looking at us! When they are under water like this, their eyes are SO dark and luminous- can you see the little glow in there?

I'm having fun with this!

8x8 acrylic on wood

$175

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