The Untouchable Tree, An Illustrated Guide To Earthly Wisdom & Arboreal Delights

"Provocative and mesmerizing! Peter C. Stone's lushly layered paintings transport you into a dazzling dream world."

- Anita Winstanley-Roark, Director, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts

The Untouchable Tree is about our connection to the magnificence, the transcendence, and the essential nature of trees. Throughout human history, they have served as shelter and as symbol. And today, more than ever, our destiny is tied to theirs.

The Untouchable Tree weaves together prose, poetry, and art in a unique exploration of our relationship with these plants, from the billowy yet delicate black cherry to the majestic white oak. Each painting subtly points to a range of historical mythological symbols, reminding us of the "untouchable," the sacred, within each of us. Stone's intention is to enable viewers to see familiar things fresh eyes in his art as in nature: "In essence, that means allowing ourselves to actually learn from trees, to change the way we view the world and change our dream of how the world should be."

In this book, you'll find discussion of our exploitation of trees for material gain and declarations of our age-old love for woodlands, parks, and forests; reflections on a tree's life cycle; and the historical origins of various species. Sometimes soothing, sometimes haunting, his words and art reveal the many sides of trees with a vibrancy sure to leave a powerful impression long after the book is closed.

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Praise for The Untouchable Tree

"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

Mountaineer; Dwarf Western Juniper
From: The Untouchable Tree

Wailing Pines; White Pine
From: The Untouchable Tree

"The Untouchable Tree is a journey into the living energies of our world, whose patterns and subtle rhythms awaken cosmic and earthly wisdom. Peter Stone sees from the heart, through the eyes of a shaman. He invites us to do the same."

- Llyn Roberts, M.A., author of The Good Remembering and co-author of Shamanic Reiki

Ponderosa; Yellow Pine
From: The Untouchable Tree

Swamp Maples
From: The Untouchable Tree

"The words in the book speak loudly to my own relationship with the natural world. They convey the sense of wonder and awe that often gets drowned out... Landscapes, both formal and natural, snowed or blooming, leap from the pages with trees the superstars..."

- Thomas Herrera-Mishler, former Executive Director of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Written & Illustrated by Peter C. Stone
$29.95 Hardcover (Can. $32.95)
ISBN 978-1-60239-338-7 / 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" / 192 pages
Illustrated with 30 Color Paintings
Published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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