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 (21)
cphilrun
Pat a flat out beautiful image! Did I ever tell you that I love the sigbature birds?
webwings
Interesting rock overlay.
maggiemai
Wow! Bravo sis!!! All created by YOU ...I know that feels sooo good. :-))) This is awesome too! Love those mountains and their shapes. The snow looks absolutely perfect to me...and that moody sky...brrrrrr I know I'll be seeing skys like this soon enough...hehehe I've never tried Terragen myself but it must be fun running your fingertips over the earth and creating beautiful mountains such as these! :-) Kind of like sculpturing your own planet!! hehe Sounds so cool to me. Anyway.... this is fantastic sis!!! VOTE!
Ionel
Excellent winter landscape! Maybe it is better that we don't know what the animals are thinking about us!
CatatonicCadaver
Lol this is beyond perfect for today considering here we've had so many tornado warnings and thunderstorm warnings I lost count! very awesome cloud cover, and very true, wonder what nature whispers before the oncoming storm...:)
justjon
Nice touch with the wildlife.It gives the sky some animation. Nice one. jj
fractalinda
An awesome pre-storm sky and mood! Very nice POV, excellent+ lighting and a great surface mix. Beautiful work, Pat.
EoinArmstrong
Great lighting and mood!
Petra-S
Fantastic light/atmo, super POV and surface, mood and image!
Morgana61
Splendido cielo....excellent work!
InnerSerendipity
Ohhh looks nice and chilli. Great work on the atmo and the terrain.
Markal
Hey birds don't fly in storms...they are smarter than that...but it does prove that this is a ppetersen original :). A bit dark...I know its the mood and stormy...still, cool image!!!
sossy
looks like a winter storm! a gorgeous clouded and wild sky! outstanding perspective and responding colored surface! a wowser again! ;o)
Ensomniac
Very nice, excellent colors in this. Great atmosphere, Great work!!!
Fractelaar
Great wild fantasy world Pat Like it
MoonGraphics11
Beautiful work! I love the texture on that terrain! Gorgeous Pat!
Vik9740
ahhh, winter is right around the corner... to be sure... nicely done!
Dixiem47
Stunning work Pat and by the looks of the clouds it is going to be the granddaddy of all storms.Wonderful work all round..
zoozee
Looks terrific ! .. You have really learned a lot I can tell .. getting so good at Terragen ! .. Such a cool terrain ... Fantastic Job :))
Pearl_Phoenix
WoW! you can definitly tell a big bad storm is coming :D
evielouise
Incredible pat love the blue !!