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 (22)
carlx
Excellent terrain, surfaces and atmosphere!!!
Savage_dragon
But morning lifts her up. Super job, Pat. Love the whole mood!
Petra-S
wonderful atmo, light and colors!
DMoulton
Wonderful work Pat your work os always so stunning.
Danny_G
WoW terrian atmo everything. Perfect 5 +++
Markal
Beautiful...cool view...but the atmo and overall colors are awesome!!!
starfire777
Excellent lighting and terrain!!!
choronr
My gosh, this is beeeautiful! The perspective brings it on; then, the atmo takes over and enhances the entire scene. I can hardly wait till you get into TG2!
Maori
I completely agree with Bob!!!
Raven78
Outstanding atmo, great PoV!
JPSoft
Superb light and composition. I also like very much your terrain.
prutzworks
and experiment with cloud height/atmo size, terrain looks a bit like Shiprock new Mexico, great atmo btw
lyron
Excellent work!!!
evielouise
OMG! your getting to good and I'm getting too envious waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!( kidding w/u marvelous work bravo~~
MagikUnicorn
A W E S O M E W O R K P A T R I C I A
Lissy
The atmo, terrain and surface are wonderful Pat!
faroutsider
Wonderful terrain and atmosphere - this is a seriously cool image!
X-PaX
Very nice terragen image. The terrain and surface are very nice and the atmosphere is fantastic. Well done.
sossy
a time to get home in time! wonderful render and mood! be on the path that leads to the home mountains! ;o)
Vik9740
beautiful scene w/ great lighting
fractalinda
Beautiful colors and atmosphere..and the terrain is interesting and cool. Wonderful POV!
AndreElias
As I said before. I just love your approach at creating landscapes.