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 (25)
Ruthee
Beyond Beautiful, Pat. STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS! :)
Ionel
Wonderful! Superb light, colors and mood! Excellent terrain and pov too! You are creating very beautiful terrains, what size are they?
joshus_hund
Xlt terrain and pov, beautiful dark scene!
Morgana61
Splendidi raggi di sole e bellissimi colori per un panorama davvero rilassante. Excellent work!
Darthmagus
Just beautiful!
Petra-S
fantasic light, super pov, water, pw an mood!
stbc
Love the greens, low light and wonderful glowing 3D clouds.
Maori
Superb and fantastic work!!! I wish I could build a home here, it is soooo beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing this beauty with us all Pat. Excellent! V
Tiwiwine
Beautiful terrain, colors and mood. Perhaps a little more sharpness effect to your creations ?
DigiArts
I love this beautifully blue sky and serene mood. A lovely terrain and flow with a very impressive surfaces..and so nicely illuminated. Wonderful POV and water. Excellent artwork, Pat.
corleonis
Outstanding! IMO this is one of your best, great colors and landscape, and i really like the lighting!
evielouise
INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stunning
CatatonicCadaver
Very interesting concept, its truly amazing, the blue void that is so small and then the expanse of space begins, wonderful job capturing that :)
wholehog
Very lovely scene. A realistic and convincing terrain beautifully surfaced. Excellent work!
Thelby
This is incredible Pat. Such a wonderful mood and felling in this, truely inspiring work that you do, WOOOW!!! And did you say the birds name was Poly,....Poly Gone?.....(-;
InnerSerendipity
It's good to see that your back with doing Terragen again. Pat, this whole scene reminds me of something out of a story book. Excellent work!
Elf_7
Beautiful render, Love those rays and your terrain is excellent!!!
EoinArmstrong
Superb sky and mood; love the lighting!
lior
Excellent terrain,wonderful sky,mood and POV:OUTSTANDINGV
MoonGraphics11
Wow! This is incredible! Im speechless.. so im just gonna head over to the vote box
patrick06
Incredible mood. Wonderful surfaces. The birds give the perfect final touch !
eejin8
its like a breath of fresh air after choking for and hour...lol jus stunning and you've jus reminded me why i saved you as a fav artist...lol
Dotthy
I agree with patrick06, incredible!!!!!!!
Vik9740
spooky sky... those birds are brave to still be out!
maggiemai
Gorgeous!! I love the colors of nature in this!! It reminds me so much of a picture that I have of a little lake on Cadre-Idres in Wales! That deep blue of the water surrounded by the green hills. Love it!!! V