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 (27)
lior
So wonderful beach scene!!!!!!!!
RubyDancingmoon
Lovely scene. Nice and peaceful. Good work both of you. Love that atmosphere!
Maori
Hehehehe... :-)))) Love the title :-) It was a lot of fun, Pat!! I also love how the sky turned out!!!! We'll do another one next year :-) Love these collaborations!
Darthmagus
Splendid teamwork! Bravo!
maggiemai
Beautiful terrain sis! Absolutely love the textures and that sky! The clouds are wonderful!! Collaborations are such fun...beautiful job both of you! :-)
evielouise
Stunning work again here pat congrats to everyone this is the terrain of the year! wow oh wow speechless moi!~
Rich2
Great to share knowledge and skills - this is great!
Sekadhar
So real as the best photo! Super done!*****!
Phylloxera
Agree with Peten !!
Ionel
Excellent job! Congratulations for both of you! :) and :)
Gionni
Wonderful work as always! :)
Thelby
Beautiful Colab, More, More, More!!!!! The People have spoken!!!!!
carlx
Great collaboration!!! Excellent result!!!
Petra-S
Fantastic landscaps, water...super image!
superior
Beautiful work !!! Superb composition ;)
jrsaldana
beautiful work..excellent
AndyWelder
Great collab!
Vik9740
teamwork always makes for great work :)
Race2Win1
Fine job by both of you. Very nice!!
fractalinda
Wonderful teamwork to produce this superb image! Beautiful, serene setting and scape. My congratulations to both of you!
kanzler
You both have create a wonderful render!!!
choronr
Collabs are fun aren't they? And, you've both contributed to produce a fine picture.
shantay
Beautiful canyons and excellent POV - more of these collab, please! :)
Savage_dragon
Dynamite work! So very realistic. Bravo, Pat! ***** ")
MoonGraphics11
I love the pov on this! Excellent work!
fredric_lpn
Agree with Phyll !!
sossy
here an impressive surface and special mood! ;o)