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.Â
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 (19)
BACHIR213
Excellent work, I Like your work, and the feeling of space it brings, Bravo!!
MagikUnicorn
Bravo mon ami Wonderful layers work
Maori
Beautiful view and lovely water. I am going camping there!!!!!!! :)
Markal
Wonderful surfaces Pat...especially like the grass...excellent!!
choronr
Very much like Utah for sure ...beautiful Terragen work.
kansas
Splenid landscape. I like the wonderful reflections in the water. Yes, this is much more like a daytime image.
jtag
Excellent render, I like terrain and grass!
Petra-S
Fantastic surface...wonderful artwork!
joshus_hund
Xlt rock surfaces!
Phylloxera
Tr joli on dirait un paysage ossais !! Belles surfaces herbeuses !!
MoppelundWilli
Great Pat, surface fits superb to the terrain, a lovely place!
WeeLaddie
Just putting my shades on. Ah, that's better. Excellent terrain, alternate title could be "The Grass is greener . . ." I might have used a few more sub layers on the grass.
Savage_dragon
Fantastic work. Love that water! ***** ")
shantay
Great Spring mood! Excellent rock formations and surface, love the sky.
RubyDancingmoon
I love this lighter one Pat. You have done really well here. Great atmo, and great surfacing...more please!
fractalinda
The "ruins" are awesome and the water, perfect. Awesome mood and image. So still and powerful.
lior
Excellent job,Patt!
Vik9740
ahh yes, i like this lighter side!!!
maggiemai
So sorry my comments are so late but I just have to say that I Love this creation Pat!! It's simply gorgeous and reminds me very much of some of the landscape photos that my friend in Wales sent me to put on the website I created for him. :-) Check them out and you will see what I mean... http://maggiemai.us/yewturn2/POV.html This is so beautiful...and it's going straight to my favs! (((Hugs))) sis ~ mags