Looking Within

by Sanderson, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781930580879
• ISBN10: 1930580878
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Luminary Media Group

Summary

This full-color hardback book features a unique collection of 28 masks created by artist Peter Sanderson. His mask-making encompasses a wide range of organic material including flowers, grasses, lichen, and bark. Some of his masks demand more detail and patience than others. For example, the red mask in the Three Faces of Hope is made up of Statice, requiring 61,000 petals alone! Accompanying each full-color plate of the 28 masks are descriptive verses that capture the spirit and energy that each mask reveals to the reader. In truth, a mask is a spiritual teacher reading deep into our subconscious as it mirrors and awakens hidden emotions on our path of self-discovery. The artist welcomes us to enjoy and challenges us to grow with the aura and personality of each mask on our journey leading to our own identity and beauty. Along with this colorful showcase of Peter Sanderson's masks are brief narratives of each mask's creative process and composition.

Author Biography

Peter Sanderson was born in 1942 in Cannes, the French Riviera. He lived in Paris, France, where he majored in drama and performed in classical plays until he moved in 1975 to the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Pursuing his spiritual path, Peter embarked on the adventure of mask-making by listening carefully to the spirit of the mask and of nature. As an intuitive, his consciousness is open to receive the gifts that each mask wants to convey. The mask is a healer, and its language is poetic and symbolic. Peter is also a poet, a healer, and a teacher. Through his mask workshops, he offers participants a Shamanic journey into Self and is the co-founder of "Introspective Movement," a group of artists integrating art and spirituality. His masks are being shown at the Avalon Gallery in Carmel, California; at the Sanders Gallery in Fresno, California; and in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.