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 (20)
jif3d
Is that a photo !!! fansatic render dude. Cheer's from jif3d
Darthmagus
Great lighting!
christianfly
Great depth on this one!
Morgana61
Grande cielo e riflessi magnifici...excellent!
Dotthy
So beautiful scene, wonderful work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fractalinda
Excellent lighting and a mood. The render is inspiring. Awesome perspective and a great job on the terrain and surface. Beautiful work!
Piliph
Beautiful render and postwork !
InnerSerendipity
Great lighting Pat! Excellently done.
Dixiem47
Wonderful work very well done
Gog
Great atmosphere
Ruthee
Magnificent creation, Pat. :)
Martchi
Beauitiful sky!
ppetersen
Suggestion don't upload at 4 am in the morning. This is not the beach terrain but New Promised Land and I deeply apologize. Sheesh. I did beach yesterday but rendered this the day before LOL. ... again sorry for the oops...
CatatonicCadaver
Wow spectacular job! the lighting fits the landscape very well, wonderful job! :P
MoonGraphics11
This is beautiful! I love it.. It makes me so feel like im there with the sun in my eyes.. Amazing Pat! Truly Excellent!
bkhook
Wow.. beautiful. Spellbinding! Everything in this is perfect! V
maggiemai
Beautifullllll!!!! :-))) Wowww sis! You sound like me uploading at 4 am!!! LOL Excellent work on this! :-) ((((Hugs)))) and get some sleep!
evielouise
OMG! pat 4am I thought I was bad when I uploaded one once at 2am lol but hubby works ovetime a couple of nights a week at the hospital and he sleeps there cause as he works the next day and does a 8hour so I don't see him for 24 hours and I still find it hard sleeping alone This is beautiful as they all are ! vote
xpshayan
What brilliance. I can feel the freshness of the moment-so keen with nature- in my veins. There has been a certain sense of calm and serenity in your work lately; I love your landscapes! :))))
sossy
a most beautiful lighted composition! the bird adds a special note! gorgeous atmosphere! ;o)