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 (23)
BBarbs
What a beautiful sketch !! I used to draw and sketch alot and, my two passions were portraits and horses. lol. My horse sketch passions started when I was 5 or under. Tore a ligament in the thumb of my dominant hand so I dont sketch or draw anymore, having lost alot of mobility and most of the coordination. So thank you so much for this wonderful visit back to something I absoltely love !! Wonderful work. WOW.
CatatonicCadaver
Love the fluid movement and shading, what a beautiful soul, my sister thinks so as well, gorgeous drawing, you certainly have a special nack for horses :)
Petra-S
Wonderful image and mood - fantastic work!V
jocko500
find a art show and put him in it. May win
mumbocat
Beautiful!
miharo
fantastic hand control on your sketch... looks perfect...
maggiemai
Ohhhhhhhh Pat!!! I just LOVE this one!! I think it's your best horse ever!! Incredible sketch and that eye...wow!! It really brings him to life!!! VOTE and to my Favs! :-)))
Vik9740
i love what you can do with a sketch to make it turn into what looks like a painting.. excellent job!!!
mmirnii
hmm.. i was just telling mooow the other day, how i cant draw animals.. :)))) and this is also so great!! i mean people are fun too, but animals there are so many different types and all u can never get bored of the variety, and its probably so fun to draw them as well. just wonderful! thx!! max
kansas
An excellent and very beautiful sketch of this horse. Thanks for sharing.
InnerSerendipity
Pat, this is incredible! Very nicely done.
Ruthee
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! I remember when I could sketch animals and plants/flowers... Yeeaarrrrsss agoooooo! :)
evielouise
Well there's my pat doing my favorite thing again wow you are so talented I wish I had one forth of it: lovely and stunning and to my favs it goes!!
voske
A Beauty!!!Wonderful and excellent!!!!!
Pearl_Phoenix
wow that's a beauty :D ! The shading, the hair is done so well, and that eye ! always making lovely horses :) hugs
MoonGraphics11
Such beautiful eyes! I love your horses! Gorgeous! Excellent work!
xpshayan
Its great to see you doing 2D again! The majestic stance that you captured here is touching and I love the way you used white in this work!
sossy
such an enchanting drawing! beauty in its expression! love the graceful pose of the head and the wild hair moving in the wind! simply awesome! ;o)
shanpoo
I love this horse it's so beautiful. You are a great artist and I would like to see more of your work, so hi-ho hi-ho it's to your gallery I go.............shanpoo ;}
judee3d
So much more than a "sketch" - this is art! Beautifully done, and I love the flow of the mane. Hope to see more of your work done by hand. :)
KanDu
MOST EXCELLENT MY FRIEND!!
ShadowsNTime
Gosh I love your Terragen works but this caught my eye and I just had to look:-) Beautiful work, soft and "soulful", reminds me of home long ago, on the farm:-) Thanks so much for sharing and for your visit and comment on my work. b
MagikUnicorn
Now I know it's you ;-) Beautiful horse you done MORE PLEASE