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 (18)
Nightwright
I'm really afraid of Poly and Gon :) Always looking forward to see more of your images, I like your ideas.
cphilrun
Excellent !
choronr
I like mine with Chipolte; and, crunchy is a good thing! Fine work here Pat. Your image map blends well with the surface. The atmo as always suits the scene to a tee.
marcopolinski
awesome terrain textures ... excellent!
Petra-S
super images, textur and light!
morganahope
His talent is WONDERFUL! You surprised me with YOUR WORK!
Savage_dragon
Freaky. I took this same dragon out of my 'red alert' image yesterday. & added the scorpion instead. I love this dragon, he just didn't look too good in red. Looks better here. GMTA & all... I love GoeControl 2. Too bad its outrageously expensive & the price keeps going up as the american dollar plummets. I went to save the $149 for it when it was first released. Now its over $200. I don't love it that much. & Cajomi 'aint budging an inch on the price, so its off my list. Shoot, I could take classes on puter graphics at the local college for that price. In fact, you can even buy a computer for less than that if you use Geeks.com, or the like. Ok, rant over. Super job, my dear friend! ")
Lissy
Wonderful mood and terrain, texure and surface too. Super work!
evielouise
Is that like skip the mayo!?? lol your too funneeee-but your fun!~ love it all great work pat hugs ))
sossy
lol fascinating scene and moody impression of lost fantasy times ;o)
prutzworks
ha Vicky & Victoria for lunch, lol great mudcrack overlay and sky color
Gunglejim
Cool image. Excellent atmo/lighting. Great job on the foreground texture.
BrideofCthulhu
excellent!
lyron
Fantastic work!!
Markal
Here's a hug and there's a kiss...LOL...excellent concept and cool image...though I think the dragon should be a bit more in shadow...but, that would make him hard to see...Hmmm...still a very cool image!
artgum
But, it would take sooooo much effort to fly up there and get them...why not just lay there in the rocks and rest instead? Nice work- really great surfaces and water. Agree with Mark- just match up the sun angle on him a little more. Cool scene!
Vik9740
awesome... love it!
Danny_G
Yeah this is good stuff !! Love it !!