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 (27)
Sekadhar
Impressive! Excellent done!*****!
artgum
An inspired image-colorful sky and grand POV!
Dotthy
awesome colours of the atmo and excellent mood!!!!!!
solemnchaos
great viewpoint, and the background mountains almost glow!
athesdan
awesome atmo , excellent work !
Petra-S
super winter-landscaos, POV and fantastic sky, light and mood!
Hendesse
Very impressive colors and atmo. Perfect POV. Excellent work indeed!!!
IsTLionK
Very nice wintery POV beautifual colorful atmo
Fairelady
Very beautiful! great sky and mountains!
Costaud
The colors of the sky are superb, nice contrast between the sky and the mountain.
Ruthee
This is AWESOME! Excellent terrain, POV, atmosphere. Stunning scene, as always, Pat. :)
Maori
Impressive, beautiful and perfect setting, I also like the depth. Excellent work!!!
Ionel
The terrain has geometrical shapes which brings the excellence in this picture! Wonderful sky and colors like always!
CatatonicCadaver
This reminds me of a favorite Einstein quote "A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." -Albert Einstein, gorgeous job, captures natures beauty perfectly :)
InnerSerendipity
A very impressive piece! Excellent work on this! The colors in the sky are awesome!
cederleth
I like the sky.
fuzzoom
Gorgeous mix of colors in the sky. The sky contrasts beautifully with the snow and rock.
Markal
I didn't see the bird in the thumb and thought this might not be a ppetersen original...but yeah..it is :) Love the purple and pink tones in the atmo...Excellent!!
fractalinda
Oh so beautiful- colors, light, mood and render..and the terrain and POV are excellent. I like your image very much, Pat.
Simpleworks
I love this render. It's so realistic.
Dixiem47
Outstanding ATMO!! Love the colors and lighting..
sossy
what a contrastful combination! warm colors at the sky and cold charming snow blanket! another miracle! ;o)
MoonGraphics11
I love the snow and the sky.. They look beautiful together! Excellent!
evielouise
love it all its fabulous!
Vik9740
cool! your first new snow scene... love the coloring
Pearl_Phoenix
WOW That is amazing! I love the terrain and sky, everything is so...imaginative :)
Saurav
Stunning colours.