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 (25)
Maori
Amazing composition and render. This image lives up to it's title. Wonderful, Pat!!!
lior
Une image qui porte bien son nom:une merveille!!!
DIANE603
Superb atmosphere!!
kansas
Truly wonderful image.
Savage_dragon
I love the atmo & the rays. The water settings & reflections work so well here. The terrain is spectacular! Grandfather would be proud. ***** ")
Ionel
Superb work, Pat! Excellent pw too! :)
Petra-S
Fantastic artwork..wonderful image, light, colors, PW and mood!
azrabella
Very fine work again from you. This series is very special; please keep them coming.
Raven78
Stunning work!
Vik9740
another beautiful combination!
wile1
Wow another wonderful stunningly beautiful picture. Gorgeous work pat!! hugs...
carlx
Awesome terrain and drawing!!! Fantastic, beautiful and sacred land!!! Thanks for share!!!
Tiwiwine
Nice colors.
RubyDancingmoon
beautiful work as usual oginalii. I love the blending of yolur 2d work in here too...just fits so well.
kanzler
Cool terrain and nice atmo-colors!
abreojos
This hits home after watching a show on Animal Planet last night where scientist are finially saying what I have been most of my life and what cultures before us knew. All this technology is great, but to be in balance with nature we need to go into a negative population growth to at least half the world population as it is now. I did my part...no kids, but it is the people who don't know any better that are going to be taking my place and perpetuating the problem. Inspirational art to say the least, Pat!
Gionni
Superb terrain, excellent render!
fractalinda
Oh I LOve the terrain! Beautiful colors and atmosphere..and such an awesome mood. The water and reflections are superb. So excellent!
Rob2753
A wonderful and very spiritual image, I hope you have a lovely calm and relaxing weekend and produce some more of this beautiful work
Sekadhar
Fantastic idea and beautiful artwork! Superb!!!!!
evielouise
Pat this is awesome as all your terrains are I love how you have the image drawing in the artwork: wonderful ! hugs )
cphilrun
Absolutely love this series PP, keep up the above "Excellent" work!
MoonGraphics11
This is just gorgeous! I love the tones! Excellent
maggiemai
Perfectly chosen images to merge... that landscape and sky blend so well with the ghostly image of grandfather! Another amazing work my friend...and it is so nice to view each and every one of your beautiful pictures. :-))) Hope you are having a great weekend sis!!
sossy
looks like a forgotten and destroyed land of natives, sad and one can feel the beauty of old times there in the warm golden light and colors! great inspiration! ;o)