Sunday October 23rd

What a lovely fall weekend!  And I spent most of today napping and watching kids' movies with Max, feeling a bit under the weather.  Had a great time at the VFW for the Fall HandmadeMN Market!  It always is a gas chatting with people, PLUS I was able to get a couple paintings done!
Here's the first, from my morning drive into school through downtown Minneapolis-  this is 9th street, and I think that's the Hell's Kitchen sign off to the left, barely visible below the skyway...
I LOVE living in Minneapolis!  And it is SO fun to actually WORK in Minneapolis now too!  Yay!
Not that I have anything against St. Paul....

I will be attempting to post this one on the Daily PaintWorks site....  for an auction, starting at $30...  if you are interested, click here!

WEDNESDAY!!!!!

By gum, it sure is wednesday!  And I may have done a really stupid thing by actually signing up for Daily PaintWorks because my daily paintings are usually already commissioned.  Hmmm.  Perhaps I will just have to make time for at least 2 paintings a week that are NOT commissioned...  DPW is an on-line art auction site, created by artist Carol Marine and her husband as a venue for daily painters who want a place to sell their work on-line.  It is all pretty darn cool and helpful~  if you don't remember, Carol Marine is the artist I took a workshop from this summer up in Fish Creek in Door County MI at the Peninsula School for the Arts.

so anyway, here is a sweet little fluffy white something or other....
 named "Jazz" which I think is the perfect name~

Sunday Oct 16th I think...

SO after another gorgeous 3rd Sunday, and lots of lovely food and people (thanks for the leftovers!  I'm just heading out to grab another bite of a little something...)  I've been working on these this weekend~  let me know what you think...

more later...

Wednesday, Oct 12

Hey!  Look mom!  It IS Wednesday!  And I have two paintings!  Yehaw!  Whew~

thank goodness... maybe this means I am back on track again.  I do seriously find that I paint MUCH better when I am able to be consistent, which means painting every day, even if it really isn't worth keeping.  It is the practice.




So here we have an irresistible face from the Red Hot Art Festival, with oh so much tongue!  And a snap-shot painting of my drive in to work last week.  I want to do more of the leaves right now- they are gorgeous, though I am not sure what it will look like tomorrow after the rain and wind of today.
Both paintings are 6x8 inches on panel, and are $60 each, if you are interested!

Monday Oct 10th!

Sorry!  I tried posting last night and along with being personally exhausted, my internet wasn't cooperating...  It amazes me how impotent I feel at those times... while at other times I feel omnipresent!!! 

And now, I think I got Gus' tounge a BIT too big on one side....  but I do really like his eyes!
xokat!

Thursday~ Yup...

...but if you've been paying attention, you know we've been a bit busy in the Corrigan/Tougas household... and now Max has a wee cold that kept us up most of the night.  I think it is pretty obvious that he is our first (and only) child, because rather than just leave him to cough and whine his way back to sleep again, we both had to rush in a hover over him for hours, propping him up so he can breathe, trying to figure out what medicine we can give him, poor little popit...
Anyway, I've got all the art out in the van for hanging at the Firehouse tonight and hope to have a great weekend at the L7 Art Collective Show!

Here's another piece that will be there!  It's 18x18 $400~  "Willows at Lake Hiawatha"~

Monday- I know, I did it again!

Dang!  I think it was almost easier when I was committing to every DAY, because then if I forgot to post, I KNEW it...  if that makes sense-  dang!
Well, anyway, here's a couple I'll have at the Firehouse show this weekend...  Windy Trees and Below the Wabasha Bridge~  both small, 8x10 I think, come see them in person!

Wednesday, Sept 28... ( yes I know it's Thursday...)

...so forgive me!  I sat up and read a book way too late last night...  so TONIGHT I work!  And here are a couple pieces I've gotten done over the last few days-  should have some fun new stuff for next week at the Firehouse Show with my lovely Art/Support/Therapy Group, L7!
Oh and come by tomorrow night for my closing party at Private Art 2: Key North!

Sunday Sept 25

We had a lovely bike ride over to Hidden Falls Park just past the Ford Plant on the River Road this afternoon, to go see the rehearsal antics for the Barebones Halloween Show~  what a gorgeous day!  Duane has been helping out with the creation of this year's show-  If you haven't seen it, GO this year!!!  October 22, 23, 29, 30, 31!
And here is sweet little trouble-making Daisy!

Wed Sept 21

Man!  I need a personal secretary or something... I've NEVER been so forgetful, well, I mean not LATELY...  I'm sure there are people who know me well who would disagree with that comment...

anyway, I am catching up and getting back on top of work, and here is today's painting...
I really REALLY like this one... the contrast and shadow work beautifully!
Oh and LOOK AT MY BOOK!!! in the post before this one!!!
I am SO EXCITED and I have three more books I want to get done too!!!!!

Monday Sept 19th

My book is NOW AVAILABLE!  I've been working on getting an actual book of this year's 30 Dogs project on Blurb, an on-line book-making site, and I finally DID IT!  So check it out!

"30 Dogs in Thirty Days" 2011 by Kat Corrigan | Make Your Own Book

"30 Dogs in Thirty Days" 2011 by Kat Corrigan | Make Your Own Book

Sunday Sept 18th

I've been taking photos on the drive to work again, and it is a lot different than my previous drive along 38th St to the River Road... now I can drive through Downtown Minneapolis if I like, and it is pretty fun!  there will be a series of city-scapes kicking in here now~

This one is from my drive from Savers on Lake St back to our house, and I think it is the corner of 22nd Ave and 36th St, but I have to go back and check... you can see the cross on the top of that church...dang~  I just can't remember right now which one!

Wednesday! Sept 14

Ha!  Several of you were SPOT ON!  Yes it is an egg timer!  The wind-up kind.  Ours sits on the stove top gathering grease and dust...  I wasn't feeling great when I painted it, just kinda wanted to paint something simple and it seemed to fit the bill.

And this is Boone!  for Dede, from my incredible Door County Adventure!  Feels so good to PAINT!!!  I hate when I get too busy-  and I DO  LOVE commissions!  Because they MAKE ME PAINT!!!!

MOnday September 12th

I'm just not going to even say anything...  I am really, really busy, and obviously painting is very important to me, and I will say that I am doing my best, which is currently pretty darn good but the focus is spread pretty thin at the moment...  and then there's these darn commissions that keep taking up time, not to mention planning lessons for my lovely new students!
So can you figure out what this is?  My husband said if it wasn't his, he wouldn't know, but my mom laughed and guessed right away!

Wed- um THURSDAY sorry~

yes I already fell off the wagon-  but I do hope it is more intriguing to hear from me twice a week, and I do appreciate the support from you all!  It's just a bit too much pressure on myself, trying to adjust to this wonderful new life and have time with this miraculous being we call our KID.... so strange...

ANYWAY- here's a couple pines from the Hiawatha Golf Course-  I'll have them with me this weekend at the Uptown Farmer's Market that I have yet to let anyone know I will be at....  this Sunday, the 11th, yes the 10th anniversary of the towers' fall, I will be at 29th and Lyndale from 11 to 4, so come by and see me!

Monday September 5th!

Dang.  I'm going to have to rename this blog yet again...  it is just not possible right now for me to get a DECENT painting done every day, and I really DON'T want to be posting pieces that I feel are inferior.  I am painting every day, but not all of these efforts are keepers... SO I have decided that I will post twice a week, Sunday Eve/Monday Morn and Wednesday Eve/Thursday Morn.  And any DECENT work I have completed in the interim will be posted~ and I WILL figure out how to get them into the auction dealio too...

Park Ave, September

Jackson on the Dock

SO for today, a small piece from an on-the-fly car-driving photo that I actually like quite a bit, and a commission...

Saturday Sept 3-

wow-  I am pooped... got this quickie done of Glenwood Ave on the way to Breck on friday, and now I am pretty much not capable of anything else....

...including taking a decent pic of it... bit shiny there to the right yet.

Thursday.... again....

Yes, I DID get another one done today!  An incredible, inspiring, lovely shade of blue and cream surprised me and I just had to paint my dramatic and irrepressible TAPE DISPENSER!
Ahhhh.....

September 1st!

This is actually from yesterday, painted very quickly out in the backyard while Duane took a shower and Max was in bed-  very quickly because the mosquitos were even quicker...
And I will be painting another tonight...  still working out scheduling conflicts and such.  And the 30 Dogs will be coming down Sat morning, so if you want to see them again in their full glory, run over to Diamond's tonight or tomorrow for a last look!

Tuesday, August 30

Only one more day of August~  crazy!  Sorry I missed yesterday-  the boys went to the State Fair with the art car and had so much fun they were late home and brought beer, so that required a bit of discussing...
Here is a small painting of Bingo at the Airport Dog Park, and a large painting of a lovely dog named Bell whom I know from the Art Shanty Projects when we used to be able to have dogs on the lake...

Bell on the Red Couch

Bingo at the Airport Dog Park

The one of Bell is a 30x40 canvas that I was working on over at the studio this summer, and the other one is my painting for the day....the paint is still wet!