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 (17)
tamburro
Excellent work!!!!!
lyron
Fantastic landscape!!
kansas
Wonderful!
Savage_dragon
Wow. Gorgeous work, Pat. Awesome terrain! ")
Danny_G
Love the terrain. And the whole piece. Great work as usual
jgkane
An imaginative terrain, with good texture, my friend. Do you render the skies separately rather than save them in .tgw, with your .ter files, or am I missing something here? Is this rendered in TGD2 perhaps? I have it, but have still to download the final version. I hope for some free time, in order that I may attempt to scale the learning curve ( my only exercise of the month ). Warm regards, from a wintry Glasgow, John.
necrophage
beautiful scene!
Markal
Wonderful crispness...surfaces are spot on...I like the atmo though may be a bit bright...overall excellent!
choronr
Very nice detail and highlights on the terrain and water. Agree with Mark about the sky brightness although this could be fixed easily by decreasing the sun's strength. In all, a beautiful render.
evielouise
Aas usual the very best from the very best wow !~~
X-PaX
Very cool terrain and nice surface. Well done.
BrideofCthulhu
awesome!
stbc
Excellent terrain, sky and view. The terrain is especially believable. Cool.
faroutsider
I love this! (and I'm not even a mother :o) Straight to my faves!
Ailig68
Great terrain with good mats. Nice work.
Lissy
I like this terrain. surface and sky are excellent
Vik9740
hope you had a wonderful mother's day!