Artist / Author, Peter C. Stone

Peter C. Stone's newest work, The Untouchable Tree, An Illustrated Guide to Earthly Wisdom & Arboreal Delights (Skyhorse, 2008), explores the wisdom of indigenous cultures in the context of common trees in North America. It has been hailed as "Brilliant! Beautiful! A powerful vision that will nurture our abilities to think creatively and dream a peaceful sustainable world into being." (John Perkins, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire.)

It is a fitting sequel to Sanctuaries (Writers’ Collective, 2003), a testament to the natural wonders of Southern New England. Symbolic of the traditional relationship that native peoples around the world share with the land, Sanctuaries has been called "...an extraordinary, spellbinding book..." (Gay Matthaei, author of The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle, Winner of the 1995 Christopher Award.)

A Finalist in the 2004 Lupton New Voices in Literature Awards, the artist has served as a guest curator for several museum and gallery exhibitions of his current literary project, The Possibilities of Light in a Cold Place (represented by FinePrint Literary Agency, New York). The story is drawn from over a decade of painting and exploring Atlantic Canada and the Eastern Arctic.

With a focus on environmental awareness and cross-cultural symbology, he has backpacked his easel across remote landscapes of North Wales, Australia, India, and Nepal’s Himalayas. As an experienced sailor he has explored and painted along the coasts of New Zealand, England, Turkey, Labrador, Baffin Island, the mystical islands of Indonesia, and from the southern reaches of Patagonia to the Antarctic.

While developing a unique style of Tonal-Realism in oils, Mr. Stone has created his own methods for painting en plein air. His painterly Tonalism incorporates the aesthetic of plein airisme with a sophisticated glazing technique.

Peter C. Stone received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from the Claremont Colleges. Since 1983 he has presented more than fifty solo shows and over one hundred group exhibitions at galleries and museums in the United States, Canada, and England, including Art Expo New York, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the DeCordova Museum.

He is a knowledgeable speaker and educator with a contagious enthusiasm for teaching ways to observe and understand the natural world. His illustrated lectures and workshops fuse the creative dynamics of art and science with the value of stewardship and our spiritual relationship with the lands that sustain us.

His professional affiliations include the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the Copley Society, and he has served as a juror and advisor for several education programs, including Suskind Young At Arts, the outreach initiative of the Citi Performing Arts Center (formerly the Wang Center) in Boston. Vose Galleries of Boston have described his luminous canvases as "...Brilliant and moody...," "Dramatic colorful atmospheres..." and "...upscale Tonal Realism."

School Library Journal has written that his intricately layered oil paintings are "...dreamy..." and "...evocative...," and Publishers Weekly has called them "...sumptuous... beyond the tactile into a nearly mystical realm..."

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