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 (21)
beatoangelico
Fantastic scene terragen...beautiful colors and render...Bravo..!!!!
bigdave1960
fantastic landscape
trishabadblood
wonderful landscape .. the light and textures are wonderful...
Markal
Wonderful colors and view....its hard to critique a very good image...its also hard to get detail in the cliffs when they are in shadow behind a facing sun...super nice work!
Savage_dragon
Ya'd never think all that mixing would come out so well. & I can actually discern most of the terrains. Wow. Really nice one, Pat! I like the surface. I make a similar one once out of a burnt biscuit. It came out pretty good. Lol. The atmo is a perfect fit. ")
choronr
You've managed an ideal point of view here combined with excellent colors and light. Just want to keep on looking.
Gionni
Magical atmo, great!
Jed
Looks warm and barren...Excellent with all the effects!:)))))
evielouise
No one can say that this is not perfect as nature is not always: I will say it its perfection wow ~~
BrideofCthulhu
great!
Petra-S
Fantastic light and surface!
Lissy
Wow, what a sky! ... wonderful mood and surface, nice terrain and beautiful postwork
johnabutler2
A Terragen masterpiece.
MagikUnicorn
Stunning shadows & Terrain
lyron
Excellent!!
kanzler
Wonderful atmosphere!
Enlightened
Beautiful lighting, atmosphere and sandy terrain. It looks like a world where the tide went out for the final time many millenia ago. Excellent work.
sossy
gorgeous mood and work! like a memorial! warm and strong at the same! ;o)
Vik9740
one of your best Pat!!
Speech
Wooaahhhhh - Like ie alot - That's Gold that is.
Danny_G
Surface and the terrain are making drule