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.
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Comments (8)
duncanlong
This is interesting... Nice speed drawing work (it is not easy to do). I would need to learn speed erasing in order for any of my speed drawing to look any good :o)
wile1
Nicely done Pat. Not easy to do a scene traveling at 100pmh. You did it very well and I like the airbrushed clouds it makes it a beautiful pen and ink drawing. Hugs..
MoonGraphics11
Beautiful scene here Pat! I love your landscapes! Excellent!
InnerSerendipity
Pat, this is amazing! Great artwork!
evielouise
I am not amazed in the bit that you could draw moving 100 MPH I bet you could do it standing on your head your GREAT!!It's wonderful
abmlober
IMHO a beauty. I like the simplicity.
CatatonicCadaver
looks like lovely country, have a friend who lives in the Carolinas i think I'm envious :P wonderful job on your penmanship !
maggiemai
ooooh very nice! I like the variation of softness and the busy texture of your trees and the light pastel color of the sky against the b/w landscape works very well together! Excellent finishing touches!! Beautiful as always. :-)