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 (31)
Nightwright
Very nice composition! Lovely surfaces and mood!!! V
evielouise
PAt this is perfect,I love the way your got the colors it looks so realistic great artwork!hugs )) :V
Darthmagus
Nice poster!
voske
Beautiful and wonderful pic!!!Excellent job!!!
maggiemai
Wow..I think your misty clouds with your stars just peeking through looks perfect!! Your night sky is awesome hon! The little planet (moon?) is a bit bright and I might tone that down just a hair but the rest is spot on! :-) Excellent
Petra-S
Brilliant light, colors and mood!
wile1
Oh nice! Like the little planet and moon! Beautiful pat!
webwings
I like it. The colours and the way the light falls.
cphilrun
Good stuff Pat
Markal
Hey...this can't be a ppetersen original...there is no bird... :) I love it anyway. This is a super space art image!!! Excellent
Ionel
Extremely beautiful sky! Wonderful artwork!
CatatonicCadaver
A journey of a thousands steps starts with one, excellent job, have fun on your starry skys I think you did a wonderful job :P
Costaud
Nice scene with a lot of atmosphere, cool water too, great work.
InnerSerendipity
Well, I think you have done an excellent job on the night sky. The awter looks amazing too.
Pearl_Phoenix
Great job even for your first on this kind :) You will do many great star skies ^^
Agleos
Very impressive!!! I like your sky but the most striking part is how the sun reflection distort on your water.
CarmenST
very nice scene.Great water, surface and lighting. The night sky looks very good.
EoinArmstrong
Nice colours, lighting and mood!
MaydaMason
beautifulpov, work and palette!
Ruthee
This is Awesome! I especially like the water. :)
cederleth
Excellent mood!
mumbocat
Absolutely Beautiful!!!
sossy
glowing moonlight apon a terrace terrain with hidden secrets and a wonderful, moody and realistic night sky with beautiful stars! fantastic composed render! ;o)
zoozee
Excellent atmosphere and mood !! .. A very magical scene ! .. Awesome job :):)
MoonGraphics11
Awesome! I love it! Gorgeous sky! Excellent work!
choronr
This golden glow on the terrain is beautiful. Your post work adding the planets is excellent. It is good to see these in a more normal size instead of the gigantic ones we usually see.
Hendesse
Excellent work. Fantastic atmo, light and colors. Water looks outstanding too. Really a magical scene!
Vik9740
a little different from your usual.. i really like it!
Fractelaar
Wonderful design and indeed a goodone for a poster Very special sky and clouds Nice work Pat
Ensomniac
Very nice Patricia, especially the sky. Great job!!!