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.Â
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 (17)
Maori
Beautiful fantasy composition and integration. Excellent work, my friend!!!!
wholehog
Glorious work Pat! Dazzling color and filled with imagination! Very wonderful piece!!
lazydog
That's a fantastic, beautiful sky & the rock surfacing looks exceptional.
Ionel
Wonderful atmo and colors! And I love that rock! Excellent work Pat!!!
Vik9740
poor little mermaid, wanting to be real.. great fantasy piece!!
Morgana61
Il cielo e' proprio una favola! Bellissimo lavoro di fantasia...wonderful work!!
azrabella
Pity the hapless sailor. Magical work once again. Nice one Pat... keep 'em coming.
Petra-S
wonderful sky, light, atmo, colors and mood!
Thelby
This is terrific, a massive and razorsharp mountain structure, Splendid Composition and All!!! I hope that your Bliss comes back to you real soon!!!
Savage_dragon
Reminds me of Alaska. Great Boreal effect! ")
Dixiem47
Wonderful colors and lighting Excellent mood.Sets one to dreaming.
InnerSerendipity
Pat I really love the atmosphere! It's so beautiful! You've done an excellent job on this image! :)
twistednoodle
That sky is gorgeous!! Lovely piccy.
evielouise
mysterious and wonderful pat wow
lior
A real powerful and outstanding MasterPiece+Excellent PW:thank you for sharing :)
Rob2753
Beautiful work Pat
MoonGraphics11
Beautiful! I love the touch of the mermaid! Gorgeous work!