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Petra Kaminen Mosher
@kaminenmosher.art
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Visual and textile artist, living and working in northern Finland. All art my own (reposts of others'). Flagrant misuse of the word "lozenge". Druthers. No AI/NFT. #art #painting

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Just a casual glance at a website, as you do, and then I realise one of my paintings is featured on the opening page. It's a welcome splash of colour in a white-and-grey room, I'll say that.

Available for purchase from the Finnish online art market, at Taiko.art ( www.taiko.art/petrakaminen... )
A screenshot of a portion of a website with a white background, showing the website name in bold at the upper left, along with four headers listing different art fields. The name and subtitle are Taiko, taidekauppa verkossa (art shop on the web), and the art headers are Maalaus (Painting), Veistos (Sculpture) Valokuva (Photograph), and Grafiikka (Printmaking). Below the website name and subject headers is an interior shot of a white-walled room with the top edge of a white sofa with grey throw pillows on it visible on the bottom of the image and a painting hanging on the wall. The painting is of an abstracted still-life of a green bowl of cut plums. There is a pink link box over part of the photograph with the words "Kauniit astelmateokset" (Beautiful still-lifes), and "Osta nyt" (Buy now).
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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It's been seemingly ages since I've sat down to paint or draw. This time of year, unless I have a deadline, I find other things to do to get thru the dark and cold.

It's a bit of noodling around with crayons on scrap paper.

#art #drawing #sketching
A broad piece of paper on a paint-spattered white work table that has a loose abstracted sketch of yellow, red, and teal overlapping flames on a dark blue background. Two large pieces of paper, one on top of the other on a paint-spattered work table that have loosely drawn flame shapes in red and yellow. The foreground sketch has also grey and steel blue smoke clouds on a white background, and the sketch underneath has a dark grey background.
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Our cats are at mummila for the duration of a housing association mandated renovation, so no new weekly cat pics from here. Here's an oldie of the very... spicy and eccentric cat visitor we had a couple years ago.

#ProofOfCat #caturday
A close-up of a grey and white cat lying down on a pale grey sweatshirt. The cat's eyes are half closed, the left ear is hidden under the head.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Just when I think I have seen the weirdest stuff at the Finnish supermarket...

Hartwall Vichy Double Salted, Suomen vahvin vesi (Finland's strongest water)
A close-up shot of a set of mineral water bottles shrink-wrapped in black plastic that reads "1836 Harwall Vichy Double Salted". A close-up of one of the shrink-wrapped water bottles with a black, gold and white label that reads "1836 Harwall VICHY Double Salted - SUOMEN VAHVIN VESI - " which means "Finland's Strongest Water", I guess to kill people with hypertension.
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Have a comfy one.

#ProofOfCat #caturday
A mostly-white mackeral tabby is the big spoon to the smol grey cat's little spoon on a blue and grey sofa cover. The tabby is resting his head on the shoulder of the grey cat and his right back leg stretched around the back end of the grey cat.
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Luckily cats have no conception of photography, so Zellie is not aware that I took a very unflattering pic of her blepping while sleeping.

#ProofOfCat #caturday
An overhead shot of a smol grey cat curled up on her right side and sleeping on a grey and white gridded bed cover. The cat has a white chin that highlights the light pink tongue sticking out. Her two white back paws are pointing up and the right ear is folded under her head.
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Our smallest cat does this to the orange boy too. And it always looks like she murdered him, or is attempting to.
A small grey cat with white chin and paws is wrapped like a limpet around the front part of an orange tabby who is lying down and facing away from the camera, possibly voluntarily unconscious or not.
October 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Dramatic fluffball napping for #caturday
#ProofOfCat
Close-up shot of the front half of two cats napping on a sofa. The cat on the left is an orange tabby with white paws that is sleeping on his left side, supermanning his front paws to the right. The cat on the right is a mostly-white and mackeral tabby who is on his back and wedged under the paws of the orange boy, head tilted back so all you can see is the nose and lower jaw, front paws in the air. A wide shot of the two napping felines, the orange tabby curled to the right around the white and mackeral tabby who is asleep on his back and curved against the orange cat like swooning victorian damsel, paws in the air.
September 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Monday-inspired conceptual art installation.
There is a white towel in a loose bundle on a grey gridded bed cover. There is also a tiny white paw poking out from under the lower right corner of the towel bundle.
September 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Zellie the "pocket p***y", as the husband has nicknamed her, still can't resist getting into other people's trousers... for a nap. Smudge supervising.

#caturday #ProofOfCat
Two cats lined up diagonally on a grey gridded bedspread. The cat closer to the camera is a small grey cat with white chin and paws who is staring into the camera with yellow eyes whilst curled up inside the waistband of a pair of navy sweatpants. The other cat, also looking at the camera with half-closed yellow eyes, is a mostly white and mackeral tabby semi-curled up for a nap-interrupted on the bed.
September 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Belated #caturday post of a cat puzzle, one of those "figure out the trick of how to fit three cats onto one cat bed (on top of an antique vivisection table)."

#ProofOfCat
Overhead shot of three cats smooshed together for a nap on a rectangular orange and grey cat bed that is on top of a wooden vivisection table with a plate of metal for drainage (that was left over from the university). The upper right corner of the bed has a square of curled up smol grey cat. The left side is taken up by a column of mostly white mackeral tabby and the lower right has an overflowing blob of orange tabby with small white front paws on the table.
September 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Whatcha doin' today, besides interrupting feline naps?

#caturday #ProofOfCat
Two cats are lounging on an orange and grey cat bed that is on top of an antique wood-and-metal vivisection table. A small grey cat with white chin and paws is sprawled infront of a mostly-white and mackeral tabby, who is peering at the camera with half-closed eyes. The grey cat's head is turned towards the other cat with a sort of winking expression.
September 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Tervetuloa! Ovet ovat auki ja sää on täydellinen vierailulle studiollemme Konstrundanin viikonloppuna.

La-su 6.-7.9. Lossikuja 6, Oulu klo 11-17

#Oulu #avoimetovet #Konstrundan
An interior shot of an art studio with a coat rack of colourful art print tote bags in the foreground, a table with art products, and woven wall hangings and a painting hanging on a wall. A close-up of an abstract microscopy watercolour that is framed behind glass in a white frame and leaning against a grey wall. Sunlight from a tall window is reflected in the glass. An interior shot of a corner in a wide corridor in which are situated two wooden easels with medium-sized abstracted landscapes in blue, yellow, and green. Next to the paintings on the right is a wooden frame with folded meters of different colourful printed fabric. A close-up of six framed cat watercolour paintings framed in wooden frames behind glass. The paintings are leaning against a wall and on a table.
September 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Konstrundanin avoimen taidestudion tapahtumaan on enää muutama päivä. Myynnissä on pieniä taideteoksia sekä taidekuvilla painettuja mukeja, kortteja ja muistikirjoja. Kehystetyille vesiväritöille on tarjolla erikoishinta!

La-Su 6.-7.9.2025 klo 11 - 17 Lossikuja 6, Oulu, koulurakennuksen 2.krs
Two wood-framed cat watercolours are laid out on a paint-stained white table top. The cat watercolour on the left is of a brown burmese cat head with skewed ears and a grumpy expression. The watercolour on the right is a pale burmese cat in pale colours stalking towards the viewer. A pale green wooden door is opened up to reveal a large former classroom that has been made up into a visual arts studio, with shelves of finished paintings against the far wall, rag rugs on the floor and a long table with a white table cloth in the middle of the room. Text is overlaid the photo: Konstrundan, Sat-Sun 6.-7.9.2025 11am - 5pm.
September 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The last blooms of the summer in our back garden: kultapallo 'Goldball' (Rudbeckia laciniata, cutleaf coneflower) and tiikerililja (Lilium lancifolium, tiger lily).
Bright sunshine on tall, globe-shaped, golden-yellow coneflowers against a background of fir trees and blue sky. Bright sunshine lighting up ripe orange tiger lily blooms against a backdrop of blue sky and fir trees.
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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The culprit, Sumu, aka Smoochie Boo.

#ProofOfCat
A tortie cat with ears cocked at a funny angle sits smugly in a lap with her front paws stretched out to the right.
September 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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My husband left his jeans on the bed while he was in the shower, and Zellie took advantage of the situation immediately.

#caturday #ProofOfCat
A smol grey cat is curled up asleep in the opening of a pair of dark blue jeans that are laid out on a grey bed cover. The cat's nose is nestled into her tail and she's pointedly ignoring any fussing about her napping spot.
August 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Crictor, by Tomi Ungerer. (Searching the internet worked, yay!)
A screenshot of a children's book illustration showing a long green snake holding a book up (by vertically curling like a loose spring) for an old lady who is knitting a long tube sweater for the snake. There is a tea pot and cup on a side table next to the old lady's comfy chair.
August 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Lämpimästi tervetuloa ateljeeseemme Konstrudan avoimien ovien tapahtumaan syyskuun ensimmäisenä viikonloppuna, 6. - 7.9.2025 klo 11 - 17. Ateljeemme sijaitsee Theodorinpuistossa, koulurakennuksen toisessa kerroksessa, Lossikuja 6, Oulu.

#Konstrudan2025 #Oulu #Theodorinpuisto
An overhead shot of a raw white cotton tote bag with the text Konstrudan in a semi-cursive font printed on the front and a block of graphics that looks like doors in many colours. A round purple pin is on the upper left corner of the tote with Konstrudan printed in white. The tote bag is laid on top of a pile of abstracted microscopy watercolours in various colours.
August 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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That annoying situation when your nap partner falls asleep on your arm and you don't know how to extricate yourself without waking them up.

#caturday #ProofOfCat
A mostly-white mackeral tabby and an orange tabby cat (with white paws) are napping together in the corner of a sofa. The sofa has a loose pale blue and white gooseberry printed sofa cover on it. The orange cat is lying on his left side against the sofa armrest. The tabby cat is splayed out on top of the back end of orange cat and his left front paw is caught under the front paws of the orange cat. The orange cat's tail is caught under the right front paw of the tabby, and it's only a matter of time as to who gets annoyed more first.
August 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Yet more lozenges and blobs in watercolour...until I finally finished off the watercolour paper block.

#art #painting #watercolour
A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of paint in shades of yellow, indigo blue, sap green, and purple. The bottom layers are circular washes of pale yellow and indigo. The upper layers are strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in yellow, sap green and purple. A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of paint in shades of yellow, indigo and ultramarine blue, sap green, phthalo blue and purple. The bottom layers are circular washes of ultramarine and indigo blue. The upper layers are strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in yellow, sap green, phthalo blue and purple. A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of paint in shades of orange, phthalo blue, violet and purple. The bottom layers are pale circular washes of violet and blue. The upper layers are strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in orange, phthalo blue and purple. An overhead shot of three small, abstracted, lozenge-heavy watercolour paintings laid out on a white table top that is covered in smudges, smears, and drips of dried acrylic paint.
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Abstracted microscopy watercolours in the studio.

#art #painting #watercolour #InspiredByNature #AbstractPainting
An overhead shot of three small watercolour paintings laid out on a white table top that is covered in smudges, smears, and drips of dried acrylic paint. A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of lightly applied paint in shades of magenta, violet, sap green and red. The bottom layers are circular washes of pale magenta and sap green. The upper layers are cascading strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in crimson, deep violet and green. A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of lightly applied paint in shades of yellow, orange yellow, sap green, and phthalo blue. The bottom layers are circular washes of pale yellow and blue. The upper layers are strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in orange yellow, sap green and dark phthalo blue. A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has four layers of lightly applied paint in shades of crimson red, pale violet, and purple. The bottom layers are circular washes of pale violet and bright crimson. The upper layers are cascading strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in crimson and deep violet.
August 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Smudge and Kurre demonstrating an advanced cuddle technique.

#caturday #ProofOfCat
A tight shot of two cats in a vertical cuddle. The cat at the top of the cuddle is a mostly-white mackeral tabby (with a brown smudge across his nose) who has his head resting on the head of the other cat and his right front paw stretched across the other cat's head and chest. The cuddle-receiving cat is an orange tabby with white chin and paws who is lying on his back, front paws curled and in the air while his head is being smooshed by the first cat's. It looks like the orange tabby is wearing a funny (and heavy) cat hat.
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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As part of the Oulu Arts' Night happening today, I'll be hosting an open studio in my new shared space at Theodorinpuisto (Lossikuja 6, school building 2nd floor) from 5 to 9pm. My colleagues in both buildings are also opening their doors to visitors - all are welcome to stop by!
An announcement for an Oulun taiteiden yö (Oulu Arts' Night) event at Theodorinpuisto which shows the official magenta-on-yellow text logo for the city event and a pale photograph of the mustard yellow and red brick facade of the Theodorinpuisto former school building with a large old pine tree in the foreground. The date for the arts event is Thursday August 14, 2025 from 5pm to 9pm. Black text laid over a pale ochre rounded square which is itself set against a background made up of a close-up detail of an abstracted lozenge watercolour painting. The text reads: Tervetuloa ateljeeseemme Theodorinpuistossa! Lossikuja 6, Oulu, koulurakennus 2. krs, to 14.8.2025 klo 17 - 21. Taiteilijatapaaminen, maalauksia, taidemyyntituotteita. (Welcome to our arts studio in Theodorinpuisto! Lossikuja 6, Oulu, school building 2nd floor, Thursday 14.8.2025 5pm - 9pm. Meet the artist, paintings, art products.)
August 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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More watercolour lozenges in the gallery (not on exhibition, just sketching to keep myself awake).

#art #painting #watercolour
A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of lightly applied paint in shades of yellow, orange red, and brown. The bottom layers are circular washes of pale yellow and red. The upper layers are strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in orange, red and muddied red-brown. A cropped close-up of a watercolour sketch that has five layers of lightly applied paint in shades of yellow ochre, orange red, sap green, and red. The bottom layers are circular washes of pale green and red. The upper layers are strings of lozenges that are like rod-shaped bacteria in orange, red and muddied sap green.
August 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM