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)
Savage_dragon
Beautifully done, Pat!
CatatonicCadaver
i really like how youve done the terrain and part of it in shadow, gives it a smooth cool feel.very awesome job!
Darthmagus
Superb soft mood!
choronr
They show the way ...beautiful render Pat!
Petra-S
super light and surface!
Phylloxera
Il me semble que ton Pov est mal choisi, il y a un effet fin du monde vraiment flagrant !! L'atmosphe est parfaite !!
lior
Such a wonderful river! Thank you for sharing Patt:)
jtag
Excellent atmo and surface!
azrabella
Magnificent work on this one... (by the way, Virtual photographer is a freebie - no time-out. I've been using it for a couple of years now. Another plugin to try is Xero - again a freebie, with lots of bells and whistles.)
abreojos
I really like this one Pat. I know you can make great shorelines and for me that is the only thing missing in this one. The sky textures and light are superb!
Maori
Beautiful terrain surface and magnificent illumination!!!
WeeLaddie
Love the texture of your rocks, and the luminous light they seem to be reflecting. Seems no one has noticed your slip is showing (figuratively speaking, of course), far right corner (edge) of your world in actual fact. A smidgeon of post mist should spare any blushes.
aarontyler
Pat everything looks great in this picture except for the edge of the terrain in the top right corner. With a little bit of postwork, you could have smoothed it out to bring more realistic depth to this image. Either way, great work...!!! I especially like your atmosphere and foreground water elements.
wholehog
Love the terrain features and colors...wonderful atmo too!
InnerSerendipity
Very pretty! I love the terrain and surfacing. Very well done.
RubyDancingmoon
lovely lighting on this one Pat. Soft atmosphere. As for that mention right hand corner, if you have psp [or maybe photoshop] a little use of clone tool to bring the sky down a little over that area is all that is needed here. Should only take a moment. Great picture though. Keep up the great work! :o)
Vik9740
such lush and green lands.. very nice!
MoonGraphics11
Gorgeous.. I wish I know how to use this program for my backgrounds lol.. This is beautiful! I love it!
Rob2753
I just love the lighting in this image it looks so much like sme places I have seen in Northern Ireland
Danny_G
Amazing image Pat