I began my art 'interests' at the ripe age of 10. That Christmas I received my very first set of oil paints as a gift and proceeded to paint a picture that my aunt still has hanging on her wall. A country scene of woods and snow. Very easy for a beginning artist.
I took art in high school as well as the pre-requisite courses to attend college, my dream of being a teacher quickly quashed in the over flux of teachers way back in those stone age days. My major switched to History and Marketing Management (heh a lady did have to have something to fall back on) ... Continuing to paint, draw and use any and all mediums I could find, I found my favorite in oils and watercolors. I'm mostly self taught, having had only two years of 'art' studies' so when you look there is something definitely missing, I see it, you may not which may be a good thing.
I married, moved to NY, divorced and raised two children on my own, beautiful, gifted and lovely ones too :) My son is going to be a teacher, daughter is in restaurant management. I'm quite proud of both of them.
Back to my 'art'. I took interest in terragen and love the capabilities it gave me in creating a landscape without the use of paints when I permanently injured my 'holding' arm. I cannot paint for long periods of time using my left arm. Limited but not defeated. Taking up computer art satisfied my 'craving' to create landscapes, and the use of watercolor pencils and graphite satisfies my other creative endeavors. Currently I am working on a series of surreal fae art, if such a thing exists besides in my imagination. As well as some artwork in graphite attempting to work on life studies. It's been an uphill climb and I find I'm more than satisfied most of the time. "We're our own worse critics"... and so true. Much of what I do doesn't find it's way here, for I don't feel it should be shown.ÂÂ
If you take a moment, and glance through my gallery, I hope you take away a wee bit of magic, a sense of delight and have enjoyed the visit...If you'd like to see some of my artworks that are no longer here, or that I've never put here, please feel free to visit my site:http://www.freewebs.com/ppeterse/index.htmVarious artworks from pencil to watercolors are there.
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Comments (22)
CatatonicCadaver
:O Oh wow, this is so beautiful, absolutely stunning job on your cloud cover and terrain, wonderful job!
JLyons
Beautiful work. Everything looks great!
Afrodite
The light and clouds are magnificent! Water and surface work fits this terrain and POV perfect!! Excellent work!!!
fractalinda
Whoa! Fantasmic clouds! Superb lighting and awesome shadows. Cool terrain, and I love the colors reflected in the water. Wonderful, inspiring work, Pat.
christianfly
Hey, too many shadows...No, just a joke. Very dramatical mood, powerful.
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent work...!! Impressive clouds and sky...!!!
jcruz
Great shadows work!!! Interesting effect!!!
Vanh
great pov and atmo!
Morgana61
Che cielo! Plumbeo e spettacolare...excellent!
InnerSerendipity
It does have that very magical and mysterious feel about it. An excellent image! I love the colors.
Ruthee
I'm flabbergasted, Pat! I'm speechless! So I will just ditto to all of the comments above amd below. Stunning work. :)
Rich2
Too many shadows? Or not enough - it's the effect you are going for. Artistic expression is what it's about.
Tiwiwine
I can see that you seriously improved your last pictures. Excellent mood in this one !
MoonGraphics11
Wow.. I love the cloud shadows on the mountains! That is really cool! Awesome image Pat!
evielouise
Not too many shadows at all if you lived in the desert you would see this on a early walk ( very early) this is awesome way ta go pat!magic!
Dixiem47
No No the shadows are just right and give to this work just what You say You wanted.You used the right word Magical! For that is just what it is.
sossy
such a dramatic sky and a fantastic play of light and shadow on the mountains! impressive work! ;o)
voske
Fantastic all around!!!excellent job!!!
langolea
love the colors and light, very well done...
genefleeman
Very Dramatic skies you got here. One fine terrain as is the whole scene.. Superb
maggiemai
Wow...Beautiful!!! So sorry I am so behind on my comments this week sis! I am catching up this weekend! This is a wonderful image you have created!! :-))) Excellent work!! ((((hugs))))
celtxian
Amazing light! Great POV too. Great balance between shadows and highlights... well done!