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)
Maori
Beautiful detailed terrain and a very impressive bliss. Excellent work, Pat!!!! V
Ionel
OMG! wow! This is different! Amazing view, mood and light! Superb picture Pat! Hey, you are the master of the blisses!!!
Gweneseth
This is very nice.
CatatonicCadaver
yay claps hands I love it, definatly reminds me of time spent living in the Rockies in the Sierra Nevadas, very beautiful terrain :)
lior
It's more than outstanding Pat:thank you for sharing V V V
Icat
New here. The first look ata the gallery. Your pix is superb. all the feel is there. Love the Bat. Icat
Gunglejim
Love the colors and beautiful atmo. nicely done.
MaydaMason
beautiful hot atmosphere and pw... excellent presentation
wholehog
Stunning sky Pat!! The way the lighting carpets the canyon floor is gorgeous! Great color too!
Petra-S
Fantastic POV and light, wonderful mood and image!
KingPtolemy
Gorgeous colors and beautiful detail! The lighting is superb!
abreojos
That bird really gets around from one increadable scene to another. One of the advantages of having wings.
Lenctar
The Sky it's fantastic, terrain is great and lights&shadows are superb in this western artwork! EXCELLENT work Pat, molto BRAVA: isn't it? It remind me Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone's amtos (italian artists both __) in a lot of western movies =PPP Ciao!
evielouise
It's all perfect can't say one bad thing about because its all perfect!~ wow
InnerSerendipity
The colors and the atmosphere are just perfect! Fantastic work Pat.
doneydonydone
excellent lighting and atmos colours - the bird looks brilliant against the glow!!
Savage_dragon
Cool terrain & lovely sunset! ")
Morgana61
Splendida atmosfera...wonderful work!!
Vik9740
very nice orange tones.. like a cowboy riding off to the sunset!
shantay
What sunset!!! The entire work looks amazing!
MoonGraphics11
Wow wow wow! This is amazing Pat! the lighting, the pov. the colors Perfect!!!!!!!!! .. Excellent work!!