Peter Pearson has been studying and painting icons for 45 years and teaching iconography for 25 years.  Self taught for the first 15 years, Peter has studied with Nina Bouroff, Phillip Zimmerman, Nicholas Papas, Charles Rohrbacher, Valentin Streltsov, Damian Higgins, Xenia Pokrovsky, and Michael Kapeluck. Peter studied drafting and color at the International Institute of Design in Washington, D.C. and holds an Masters of Divinity in Sacred Theology from Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, P.A. Presently Peter is working on a Doctorate in Sacred Theology, of which his thesis addresses the parallel development of liturgy and liturgical space throughout the centuries.  Peter is the author of "A Brush with God: An Icon Workbook" and "Another Brush with God: Further Conversations about Icons," both published by Morehouse and may be purchased through Church Publishing.