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)
cece7894
WOW!Very beautiful portrait. rate you a 5.
carlx
Fantastic portrait and expression, Pat!!!
rocserum
great drawing! RS
artgum
Excellent art!
Danny_G
Excellent work Pat
choronr
Such great artistry; you're a very talented lady!
Savage_dragon
I love all your work, but, Pat, this is what yo do best. Bravo! ")
LindaMcC
An exceptional portrait, Pat. I agree with Bob and second Angel's "Bravo!"
AndreElias
This is most excellent work. I love it when artists like yourself can observe and execute such detail. Well done.
Petra-S
super Creation!
Chris34
Great portrait, excellent drawing work of an Alaskan Native. Congrats.
X-PaX
Very nice drawing. Well done.
kansas
This is really marvelous!
RodolfoCiminelli
Fantastic drawing......!!!!
sossy
simply awesome! what a gorgeous work and what an expression in this portrait! reflections of a life! ;o)
Rob2753
A face full of character and wonderfully portrayed Pat
evielouise
My genius at work here Pat these are so great~
minos_6
As always your graphite work leaves me speechless. Superb!