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 (23)
whtknight
Excellent lighting, surface and atmosphere. Well done Pat!
RubyDancingmoon
deep rich colors. Love the way you have ripples and smooth areas on the water too. Nice!
Darthmagus
Excellent terrain and atmo!
Petra-S
super light, wather and mood!
evielouise
I know one thing you do well this! awesome artwork and you must have got that calling along time ago cause everything you do is great!
Ionel
Very beautiful view, light and colors! Superb terrain and surface work!!!
Savage_dragon
Wonderful & beautiful image. I especially like the cloud settings.
Vik9740
what beautiful water!!! Very realistically done!
CatatonicCadaver
Wow, i miss the ocean already and I just got back home! beautiful scenery and pov, lovely job :)
Markal
Excellent work on the cliff surfaces and lighting...water is cool also...excellent!!
wholehog
Wonderful scene setup Pat...it really takes you down the water-way and out to the open sea. Beautiful lighting too - love the reflections!
MJK
I love what you did to the clouds. Awesome atmo and nice job overall.
Zazie
I like this terrain and the pov. Very nice render !
WeeLaddie
Excellent scene, Pat. Love the sky and surfacing (with overlays?), and nice patchwork on the water.
MimiCat
Beautiful image, as always, and your story touched my heart too! Have a great week, Pat!
Maori
Love it!! Amazing POV and composition. Excellent work, Pat!!!
InnerSerendipity
Pat this is just beautiful! Excellent work! :)
marcoantonio
Amazing light and mood, terrain POV and texture good also!!!Excellent
Tiwiwine
A beautiful landscape. Very nice surfaces, colors and atmo. Excellent render.
Thelby
I second the motion on the clouds, they are Super Superb!!! I really don't know how you do it,...Go from here to IT and back again!!! Posting excellent stuff on both ends!!! Wow, keep it up while I find my head,....Double Excellent!!!
Dixiem47
The terrain here is wonderful with great depth and size. wonderful colors,water and atmo.
maggiemai
This looks so amazingly real Pat!! Incredible water texture here... it's beautiful sis!! :-) V
MoonGraphics11
Wow!.. You are getting so good at this program! .. This is outstanding .. the textures look so real! Excellent!