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.
Comments (27)
wile1
wow you are really getting good with this! awesome work pat!
Costaud
Beautiful mood, excellent terrain. good work.
Ruthee
WOW Pat. THis is spectacular. Fantastic job. :)
Dixiem47
Pat, I really like this one a lot the sky colors are just awesome.Be sure to save those settings. Terrain and POV are awesome. You just keep getting better and better all the time.
Dotthy
wonderful atmo and mood and I love the format of the pic!!!!!!! Excellent done!!!!!!!!!
fractalinda
A very beautiful desert scene and mood. Superb lighting, and I love the sky. Great POV, terrain and surface. Evocative and excellent!
classyladytwo
wonderful atmo love the mood it gives excellently done :)
melevos
WONDERFUL ATMO & MOOD V
Martchi
Agree with Costaud!
jcruz
Very beautifull!!!
langolea
lovely sky and and light
Zazie
Beautiful colours, surface and a really cool terrain ! Well done !
Afrodite
Beautiful sky and light, wonderful mood!
alf15000
Agree with Martchi ;-)...What else to say ?
InnerSerendipity
Pat thi is amazing. It sort of reminds me what Mordor would look like when the sun finally shone on such a desolate place. Excellent.
hope921
gorgeous work, It's desolate, Yet, happy with those wonderful, colors and sun. Beautiful piece. When I opened the link, I was amazed. I should not be, your work, is humbling. E&V ((HUGS))
shantay
Excellent mood and like everything of this render!
MoonGraphics11
Ohh Yes! This is gorgeous! I love it! Beautiful work!
voske
Wonderful moody pic!!!!Excellent work!!!!!!
zaberc
Very nice mood and terrain!!! Beautiful work !
ArtByMel
Excellent scene, very nice work.
CatatonicCadaver
Gorgeous colors and terrain, wonderful job! :)
maggiemai
This is such a neat creation Pat.. :-) It reminds me of another planet like Mars with that beautiful red dust that drifts over the mountains and rocks. :-) Gorgeous sunset!!! Vote Hope you had a great weekend.. :-)
sossy
wonderful lighted and natural composed render! the colors and atmo are superb! everything in this equisite work seems to be perfect! don't know how you manage it! LOL
doneydonydone
nice detail in the terrain - shows off the great lighting - colours and shadows are very deep!
vivian_mchenry
Nice lighting. I would have been tempted to put the sun a little lower in the sky as the early dawn colors are perfect. Nice image.
Saurav
Excellent lighting.