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)
frikfoto
Terrific job
lornix
I get a sense of heat from this. Very cool, I can almost feel it!
choronr
Somewhere out there there are places like these. A warm and interesting terrain.
lyron
Fantastic image. Great work!!!
Minaya
Great Image! Love the lighting and composition.
azrabella
Oh, my. Some sky... some image.
Biffowitz
Awesome planetscape, looks great!
Petra-S
super Farben!
Danny_G
Love it !!
Savage_dragon
I'd like to see a bit more of the fractal/formation in the distance. The land in front of it is distracting me. Looks like an underwater volcano pushed its way up into an island & the stars almost look like ash. Feels like every breath would sting from the acrid air. Poly looks ok, but Gon is getting a little round... (see? I'm still a little dippy. lol!)
kansas
Very nice. Looks like an alien planet.
sossy
and it turned out to a wonderful colored and moody work again! b/r in tones like this are my favorites! ;o)
evielouise
Some playing around you do lol when I play I mess up when you play it's serious ,and beauty shows up once again hugs )))
faroutsider
I think you're being too hard on yourself - this is great! I don't find the foreground at all distracting - it sets the mood (and the temperature...)
kasalin
The mood and sky is overwhelming !!!
BrideofCthulhu
love it. looks nice and warm.
X-PaX
Fantastic atmosphere and very nice surface work. Well done.
Vik9740
awesome sci fi feel to this