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)
Phylloxera
Tr joli, l'atmo est bien rlis quant au reflet sur l'eau il est tout en finesse !!!
Darthmagus
Looks great! Excellent atmo and water settings!
wholehog
You're on real hot streak right now Pat...we're seeing a lot new and exciting elements in your work! The quality of your lighting and atmospherics has gone up dramatically. Looking forward to more...keep it up!!
WeeLaddie
Dark and deep, that sea. What mysteries bask there? But always light from above to calm a troubled soul. Love the speckled cloud sky, and the sunlight on the water's surface.
fredric_lpn
Great color and atmo!
Fractelaar
Pretty serene place there excellent use of TG and i like the birds :-)
kansas
This is beautiful. I'm impressed with the reflection of the clouds in the water. The lighting is wonderful.
Vik9740
love this one!!!!!
Maori
This is radiantly beautiful Pat. Another excellent artwork!!!
abreojos
Considering the extra render time it take for all that water, that skimpy little piece of land looks real good surrounded by it and that beautiful sky!
Petra-S
Brilliant...wonderful sky, light, reflection and mood!
evielouise
Well pat as you know you steal my soul with all of your work but: if I had to pick a favorite ( and this is going there ) this would be it however,its so hard to pick as all you do is right from your soul just awesome and stunning once again !! hugs ))
InnerSerendipity
What a fabulous atmosphere! Beautiful work Pat. :)
athesdan
superb work !
fractalinda
I love the title and the image; I can personally relate. Beautiful dreamy moodpiece, and the work is excellent.
cederleth
Absolutely beautiful!
choronr
Getting those lower clouds to parallel the horizon is not easy. Beautiful scene Pat.
Savage_dragon
Oh wow, Pat. This is by far one of the best! ***** ")
anacroplayer
"half the screen covered in water image" *sigh. Normally what i say at this point is put your hand on the top part of image and what do you have left? The answer is usually bog standard water. What we have here is water again, at least in it's favour is the colouring of sky. You mentioned you did the surface, well to be honest I can't see the surface texture very well and only looks like 1 or 2 colours at most. You say the land was done in Geocontrol, the land what there is of it looks pretty simple and could probably have been done in Terragen.
MoonGraphics11
I love the colors youve used.. really beautiful Pat! Excellent!
lior
Simply:gorgeous! Thank you for sharing :)