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 (20)
fractalinda
Lovely blues in the sky and water, great lighting and such a tranquil mood. I like the point of view and rippling sand. Cool terrain and a very nice foamy shoreline. Excellent!
abreojos
This is absolutly the best render I have seen you do!!! What a beauty!!! I would love to get a sky to look like that. Fantastic artwork Pat!!!
Gemini_1
You know I love your work. I recommend your images to everyone with a feeling for good images and art. But I have to admit, Pat, this is not your best one. The water looks too fake, and the mountains in the back two dimensional. What happened?
Morgana61
Paesaggio marino bello e rilassante....wonderful!
prutzworks
nice colors, ihmo water looks grainy
jtag
Excellent surface and terrain, i love it! Great work!!!
choronr
The overlay is very good. I would suggest you take the overlay file into PSP and bring down the yellow a bit making it more tan to white. Perhaps taking the sun to the left would reveal more details in the terrain. Add a bit of green in the atmo blue color and increase the density color. Another thing you might try is to play with the wave variation and patch settings. This picture deserves another post - it has great possibilities!
lior
Excellent terrain and texture(oberlay),wonderful atmo=excellent mood:thank you for sharing:)
wholehog
Glorious sunny day at the beach Pat! Looks like Poly and Gon have the pool all to themselves ;-) Beautiful image!
RubyDancingmoon
WOW what contrast you have here. Those blues, so deep and vivid set against the sand. I have to agree with some of the other comments though..not quite the 'realism' we have come to expect from your renders....but I love it all the same! :o)
Harvis
Great use of overlays! I tried to do something like that, but didn't manage... You have a great shoreline, but I think it would be better with a bit more transparency. Great work on terrain and surfaces.
Maori
This is a glorious sight, Pat!! Beautifuly done. I love colorful renders like this one!! Excellent!
InnerSerendipity
Pat your beach scene came out beautifully. It's nice and hot hot here. Looks very inviting...think I might jump in. lol Fantastic work. :)
Tiwiwine
Superb work ! A great render, with very nice colors.
azrabella
Hi Pat. The colours of the thumbnail stopped me dead. The big 'un is even better. So you CAN do strong colours as well! Marvellous terrain.
minos_6
This is beautiful work Pat! I always admire your landscapes, where everything looks so fresh, unspoiled by humanity...and ALWAYS romantic :)
shantay
Nice to look at... love the intense blu sky and the water!
MoonGraphics11
Wow... I love the foam coming up on the shore! This is gorgeous.. I dont know how you do it.. but you do it so well! Excellent!
Vik9740
similar scene but even prettier by light of day!!
Dixiem47
Agree with choronr about the sand wonderful work Pat.