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)
lyron
Cool work!!
lior
So stunning TG artwork as always! Have a nice week end! Lior
Minaya
Oh, this is a symphony of colors, great work!
pops
Wonderful sky and landscape
LynLinz
Cold and orderly looking :-)
MagikUnicorn
Lovely sky Patricia
RocksLady
Woooow toller Himmel!
Savage_dragon
Pretty sure that's the Fort Rynd Basin terrain. It works really well in your hands, Pat! I love the surfacing. Another killer sky! ")
TallPockets
WOW!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent work!
evielouise
Looks scary enough and cold I wouldn't want to lost there but there again you got my eye it's awesome !~
Markal
Once again the atmo steals the show but, the terrain, low angle and view sure add alot...excellent work!
kansas
Lovely sky. Looks like snow on the ground.
Danny_G
excellent work Pat
BrideofCthulhu
gorgeous!
SouthBeachPhoto
That sky is killer! Really unusual terrain. Love the snow :)
sossy
amazing vampire night and perfect for hunt and feelings! cool! I also be reading the saga of Anne Rice's Vampires and I love Lestat Lioncourt! ;o)
choronr
Something Wicked this way Comes ...a great Ray Bradbury tale; and, a superb atmosphere here.
X-PaX
Awesome atmosphere. Excellent work.
Vik9740
it does look dark and eerie! maybe they should film a Twilight series scene here!
faroutsider
Spooky - and it's still daylight! Super work.