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.
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Comments (20)
Osipenkov
Superb!!! 5+++++
watchman2005
Excellent character portrait!!!
Maori
Superb portrait and excellent drawing, Pat!!!! +5 *****
evielouise
Awesome as usual pat with your wonderful talent love it a lot !!~ hugs ))5 +
juca
Beautiful line art!!
maggiemai
OMG Sis!!! This is stupendous!!!! :-)))) WOW! I just love your pencil sketches so much... you put so much character and feeling into each line! This is really amazing!!! His eyes and his mouth are especially noteworthy and I think he would be very pleased with the portrait you've created. :-) You are so incredibly talented!
kansas
A magnificent portrait sketch. A very distinguished face which shows wisdom.
lior
Excellent and wonderful portrait!
wile1
Wow.. if you could see a pic of my grandfather you would know where he came from, he looked a lot like this! Awesome work pat!! hugs :)
mitchmike
really great work!!!
Petra-S
Fantastischer Character...beeindruckende zeichnung!
Savage_dragon
That looks so much like my grandpa' its scary. I think you are getting better with each drawing. This is wonderful, Pat! ***** ")
Raven78
Outstanding work :)
carlx
Awesome and fantastic drawing!!! Outstanding done!!!
Vik9740
wonderful sketch my friend... the People would be so proud of your work!!!
voske
Fantastic!!!!Superb!!!!!10+++
kanzler
Wonderful work.Your are very talented!
fractalinda
Facial structure, details and expression are superb. A powerful, moving portrait.
Platin
Good work!
duncanlong
What A beautiful sketch -so full of life and dignity. Excellent!