- Peter Pearson
Peter Pearson is a leading American
icon painter. He has created hundreds of icons for private collectors, churches, and other institutions throughout the world. Through his workshops and seminars, he has worked with more than 2,000 students.He has studied under Russian icon painter Dr.
Nina Bouroff inBethesda, Maryland andPhilip Zimmerman at theSt. John of Damascus School of Sacred Arts, an Orthodox school of icon painting in Ligonier,Pennsylvania . He also trained withValentin Streltsov ofToronto, Ontario ,Nicholas Papas inGreensburg, Pennsylvania , and at the Iconography Institute atMount Angel Abbey inOregon , where he studied withCharles Rohrbacher ofJuneau, Alaska .Pearson also studied architectural drafting and color at the
International Institute of Design inWashington, D.C. , and theology, with a specialization in liturgical studies, atSaint John’s Seminary inBoston ,Georgetown University , and atSaint Vincent Seminary inLatrobe, Pennsylvania , where he graduated magna cum laude, completing a Master of Divinity degree in 1995. His course work included specialized studies on the history of church architecture and liturgical vesture, the role of art in worship, as well as a full year on liturgical consultation.A former Benedictine monk, he now serves as a priest at
St. Philip 's Church ofNew Hope, Pennsylvania in the EpiscopalDiocese of Pennsylvania. He is canonically resident in theEpiscopal Diocese of Bethlehem , Pennsylvania.References
*cite book | author=Pearson, Peter | title=A Brush With God: An Icon Workbook| location=New York | publisher=Morehouse Publishing | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-8192-2203-8
External links
* [http://www.nb.net/~pearson/ Peter Pearson: Artist Homepage]
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