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.Â
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 (21)
Afrodite
Amazing sky, gives a wonderful mood to this..Great POV and water, wel done!!
Mondwin
Great atmo and fantastic realisation!!!!bravo!vote!:DDD
Martchi
Beautiful work,Bravo!
Darthmagus
Superb atmo and water!
wile1
Gorgeous work pat! Awesome!! Wow! and (inject every other adjective you can think of here) You are just doing fantastic work with terragen! Bravo!! Hugs...
Dixiem47
I just can't tell You how wonderful these colors are Excellent work once again.
InnerSerendipity
Well, I think that the pov is great! You have done a wonderful job on this!
Snow_Angel
This is warm and beautiful Pat! I Love the water and great lighting! Nice work! :)
Hendesse
Wonderful colors, atmo and light. Terrain looks very interesting. Very well done!!!
fractalinda
Lovely colors, perfect aymosphere, great lighting, beautiful water, and I very much like like the point of view. Inspiring words and image..and very well done!
mumbocat
I love the colors of the atmosphere. The landscape is very awe insipring.
ywaters
Wow! Very beautifully done!!
Pearl_Phoenix
Ypu are very skillfull in landscapes and terragen. I couldn't do such nice things like this even on Bryce, was never good at landscapes lol... Keep this up, these are excellent :).
voske
Wonderful!!!!beautiful all around,love it,excellently done!!!
maggiemai
VOTE** Wow...awesome sis!! Beautiful!!! I just love the colors you've used in this series! :-D Excellent display of all that you have learned this summer! :-) Bravo hon at your many hours of work! It has sure paid off!! :-)(((Hugggs))))
CatatonicCadaver
gorgeous lighting on the water and sunset, and indeed, almost Friday and time off to relax! wonderful job, enjoy the rest of your week :)
Saurav
Excellent atmo and nicely composed.
MoonGraphics11
Wow! This is just totally amazing Pat! I love this terrain! The bird is the perfect touch! Excellent =D
hope921
Pat this is absolutley amazing!! The colors, are just beautiful. The theme is thought provoking and makes us sit back and think. Excellant and Vote. :)
lazydog
Stunning sky, really beautiful and excellent mood overall. To remove pixelation in the water: Mask off the effected area with a freehand selection. Then use a large, soft edged smudge tool with low opacity and a short side to side motion to smooth it out. Remove the selection marquee and go over the edges in the same way to blend it in. Finally go back over the effected area with a sharpening brush to match the rest of the image.
ChristineG
beautyfull... i love the eagle. makes the landscabe seem big.. V Z