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 (21)
cphilrun
Beautiful render as always Pat, Like the stratification and water settings....what the hell, I like it all. 8-)
Ionel
cphilrun is right: what the hell, I like it all! But still so I love that sky and that terrain and the colors and the light!!! :)
Darthmagus
Beautiful stratas!
RubyDancingmoon
I love the whole 'feel' of this one. Great strata's and depth of color.
shantay
Your terrain looks really prehistoric. Beautiful soft atmo and mood. Excellent!
Tiwiwine
Nice composition, and good work on the stratas. For some reason, some parts of this picture seem to be a little blurry, I don't understand why.
Savage_dragon
Very cool. Love the water! ")
azrabella
Marvellous (as always) render. Agree with cphilrun's sentiments.
Petra-S
super light and mood!
wholehog
Great terrain features; nice stata and surface colors! Wonderful work Pat!!
Dixiem47
There is nothing here that I don't like outstanding work Pat
lior
Excellent light,POV and mood V
CatatonicCadaver
ooooh looks like a nice quiet serence place to go fishing!lol wonderful landscaping very nice :P
melevos
excellent work!!!!
Thelby
I agree with Peten, this is your best strata yet. Very Beautiful!!!
Morgana61
Splendida formazione del terreno e bellissimi colori. Wonderful work!
Fire_angel
Super light and mood!!
evielouise
I'll spring to that!! lol just lovely as can be pat keep em'coming! hugs))
InnerSerendipity
Pat this is just fabulous! I think that each image you do just keeps getting better and better! :)
Vik9740
i am certainly ready for some pretty green and flashes of color from upspringing flowers!
MoonGraphics11
Wow! I love this! Im sorry I was so behind with commenting.. but I never forget.. and I always look forward to looking at your images =) Have a great weekend =)