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 (22)
ronwindham
great atmo and lighting...........
wholehog
Superb sky and great moody piece Pat! Lonely?? I thought your Mom was visiting!? ;)
jimw1
This Caught my Eye.........Excellent...The Drop shadow works well......Bravo
sowczarek
Hmmm I just uploaded image (next to this one) based on atm file from your free stuff- funny thing :P
Savage_dragon
Wonderful piece pat! Excellent! ")
Petra-S
super light/atmo and mood!
azrabella
Can't keep away for long, eh? Beauty as ever, though those pesky polygons (lower left are rearing their ugly heads). i wonder what you could do with just the birds and one of your atmo's with no 'scape. Just a thought.
InnerSerendipity
Beautiful work Pat!
Ionel
Superb sky and mood Pat! and very beautiful terrain and view! Happy Easter to you and yours too!!!
CatatonicCadaver
ooh I love the cloud cover and lighting one of my fav's awesome job! :P
prutzworks
nice atmo & mood
Morgana61
Atmosfera e colori magnifici....super work!!
Tangled-Universe
That's a gorgeous looking atmo. The clouds are very well done. Maybe you should use these settings in a scene with just only water and atmo, no terrain/land. That would be really awesome I think :)
shantay
Super sky, lighting and cloud-effect!
Thelby
Lovely render here Pat!!! Your Lonely,...Like me!!! But never by myself!!! I have the Lord and all the great folks here and over at IT, that's a wonderful place, you know it???
MoonGraphics11
Beautiful!.. Just the way I feel lol... I hope you have a wonderful holiday Pat!
evielouise
Super sky, and the look is a lonely but beatiful one: bravo!
Gunglejim
Another stunning atmo, wonderful work. You really know how to bring out the mood in your renders.
Dixiem47
Stunning Pat!
Markal
Wow...the sun in the clouds...awesome!!!
Vik9740
all i can say is wow! beautiful work Pat!
maggiemai
Beautiful work Pat sis! :-) I'm sorry this is so late but I do hope you had a wonderful Easter and I wish you a very happy and beautiful Spring! V :-) (((((HUGS))))))