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 (33)
Maori
This has to be one of your BEST artworks, Pat!!! Absolutely beautiful!!! Excellent work.
wholehog
Agree with Mario, one of your best Pat! The sky is full of beautiful colors and the reflections on the water superb! Nice to see Poly and Gon in starring roles too ;-)
RubyDancingmoon
beautiful colors here pat....very well done
abreojos
Dito!!! What a spectacular sky and reflection on the water plus a killer surface map!
HorseLips
favorite colors...an image to be proud of
lior
So wonderful atmo!
MimiCat
Beautiful atmosphere!
jlaymonii
This is beautiful Pat. There are not enough words to describe just how beautiful ;).
Buzzzzz
Fantastic Atmo and Lighting! Coloring is really really nice! Wonderful Creation Pat! Bravo! Gets a 5 from me!
evielouise
To me everything you bring us is THE BEST!! what a awesome scene I'm soaring pat: hugs ))
CatatonicCadaver
great quote and absolutely spectacular rendo! i absolutely love the colors, and lighting, reflection in the water is great, wonderful job :)
InnerSerendipity
I love the atmosphere and how it reflects off the water! A breath taking view. :)
choronr
The sky and its light and colors inspires one to emulate this atmosphere. The reflections on the water; and your terrain surfaces are make this a very beautiful Terragen render.
athesdan
splendid sky and water !!! wonderful lighting !!
Gionni
Super! Great! Fantastic! Awesome terrain, atmosphere, surface and water! Five points!
azrabella
Simply stunning... and a big 5 from me too.
shantay
The overall image is truly excellent but the atmo is incredible! Add image.
KanDu
This is beautiful Pat! So So Pretty.
jtag
Magic atmo! All perfect!
Petra-S
Genial..hier hast Du Dich mal wieder ertroffen...fantastic sky, atmo/light/colors and water...super reflection and fantastic mood!
Phylloxera
Un beau terrain, avec de jolies surfaces, quant l'atmo elle est parfaitement rlis, et adapt l'image, j'adore !!
Darthmagus
Magnificent! Excellent mood as always!
Race2Win1
Nice render! Well done!!!
komori25
C'est digne d'un don! On se croirait derrie mon chalet au Lac Kogami...
Vik9740
lovely tones and feel!
yorek
OK witk all above. Splendid
Savage_dragon
What a lovely piece. Gorgeous rays & colors! ***** ")
anacroplayer
Be honest, any picture looks like an art of work if you slap some water in it because the water in Terragen looks rather nice. So what do we have here, just about half the screen is covered in water aswell as sky, that leaves a tiny bit of ground to see, at least the ground looks interesting even though it's some distance away. The colouring is nice but at the end of the day it's yet another "half the screen water" image. Put your hand on the top part of image, what do you now see? Seen it before in other "half the screen water images" haven't you.
whtknight
Pat: I really love your sky it's very beautiful,Excellent work.
prutzworks
xlt colors