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)
Morgana61
Bellissimo sia il cielo che il terreno (belli i particolari del terreno arido) , molto curata l'esecuzione dell'acqua. Wonderful work!
fractalinda
Awesome terrain and an excellent mud-like surface, Pat! Beautiful water, lovely sky and atmosphere..and the view is great.
MimiCat
beautiful and serene landscape Pat:)
jtag
Awesome overlay, i like details on bottom side, muddy water and the pebbles! Wonderful work Pat! :)
RubyDancingmoon
I love this one Pat. Nice and light, great surface work in the foreground. The whole thing gives a feeling of the dawn of a cold day. Lovely remote setting. Well done.
Darthmagus
Beautiful desolate place! Excellent atmo!
Petra-S
Fantastic! Wonderful landscaps, super surface, light and composition!
abreojos
And hopefully it will all still be there! This is an exceptional render Pat!
voske
Wonderful landscape,excellent all around!!!
kansas
An interesting landscape. Looks rather desolate in this place.
Maori
Different from your previous works; surface and water are very impressive. Excellent work, Pat!!!!
WeeLaddie
Another excellent mood scene; great sky, and some nice overlay work. Hope you're on the mend.
rosanne
I think everything is just right on this image. Well done!!
evielouise
sorry to hear you not feeling well but if you can master this not feeling up to par your a genius in my eyes fantastic as usual:hugs feel better it's flu season get your shot cause mommy said so lol:
kanzler
Excellent terrain and surface work.Your sky impress me like always.Beautiful render!
Vik9740
great depth shown here in the layered terrain! well done!!!
Thelby
Gorgeous Open Expanse Pat! Beautiful Sky, your trade mark!!
Savage_dragon
very cool terrain & surface. Super sky, too! ***** ")
Rob2753
I hope you are feeling much better soon, and I agree with you there is so much wonderful world out there to experience, lovely work Pat :)