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 (21)
carlx
Fantastic and unique drawing, Pat!!! I like it a lot!!!
juca
Excelent art work!!
Petra-S
wunderschön!
kansas
Lovely, lovely, lovely!!!
RocksLady
Wow wow it so Colllllllllll!!!!!! very nice lovly!!!!!!!!!! Gruß Rocksy
Fidelity2
Very interesting. 5+.
JaneEden
Excellent art - hugs Jane xx
ledwolorz
Excellent art
evielouise
awwwwwwwwwww as usual pat this is so creative and your so great at what u do wow::
gunsan
Beautiful and cool, reminding me of drawing times before the computer took it all over.
frankman
Great WOrk
Claywoman
Beautiful! I want to try that Bristol Vellum..iM learning diferent papers, can you tell me why you like it best?
Raven78
Oh, that's beautiful! Great work!
alphalioness
I love her face...looks like a friend of mine :D
Savage_dragon
I've always wanted to create beautiful art like this, but I can't draw for spit. Lol. You, on the other hand, master it. Fantastic work, Pat! *****+ ")
Vik9740
very interesting eye you have on things my friend.. well done!
eryt
I feel like she is looking right at me..I can almost feel her gaze..what a powerful artist you are, Pat! 5+ Hugs., Robin
Rob2753
You are a superb artist Pat, hugs, Rob
katy555
Wonderful image! Superb light and texture!!!
sossy
a beautiful fantasy drawing as always! so many details to keep fantasy going! ;o)
Maori
Fantastic drawing, Pat!! A true all around artist!