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 (23)
kftate
Gorgeous! Love the lighting and textures. Excellent work.
Alex_NIKO
Cool lighting.. fantastic colors.. great work!
ragouc
Very good light and scene.
IO4
Superb! The lighting and colour strikes me most. Fabulous image.
marcopolinski
love the lighting on this! Looks like Alex is again trying to single-handedly reduce the scoring at rendo, which he would probably call inflated scoring! 5++ for me!
necrophage
awesome landscape render - cool lighting!
carlx
Fantastic terrain, lighting and atmo, Pat!!!
Lissy
Agree, the colors are wonderful and the surface too, seems very cold ;)
choronr
In all, you've created much here for us to see and enjoy. The scale of the terrain is immense; and, I think the figure should be smaller - however, too small and we wouldn't know what it is. In close ups, this would be much easier to do. All aspects here; the sky, terrain and surface work are up to high quality.
Enlightened
The detail on the rocks/ice look even better on full zoom. There is a great sense of perspective on this image. The atmosphere is again beautiful.. I agree with a few of the comments in your previous images in that you are becoming the queen of atmospheres. Excellent work Pat.
lyron
Superb!!
Markal
Awesome atmo colors...love it...the figure was not needed in my opinion because the landscape is exquisite as is...excellent work and no...you inspire me...yeah...no you...no, yes you do...ah ha...you...no, yes you do...forget about it....LOL
evielouise
This in my eyes total perfection wow !~~
kansas
Truly inspiring scene. Very beautiful.
Savage_dragon
Killer atmo, Pat! A true vision. I like what you did to the terrain. I don't see that great, any more. The figure looks like a lady in a tube top & shorts. Lol. I know that can't be right. ")
prutzworks
nothing more to say, well done!
sossy
a mystical but joyful lighted scene! like a new aera rises! ;o)
Petra-S
fantastic light!
BrideofCthulhu
Beautiful.
inkydigit
awesome scene, Pat...I have this cool terrain also, I must revisit it....cheers#
voske
Fantastic colours and lighting,wonderful picture,excellent job!!!
fractalinda
I love all of your work, Pat, and this moody beauty is excellent!
Danny_G
Great work .... again !!