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Peter C. Stone
TIDELINES
And Other Stories

Show Dates: Saturday, May 24 - Saturday, July 5, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 24, 3:00-5:00pm
Gallery Talk with the Artist: Saturday, June 7 at 11:00am
FREE and Open to the Public

Distilled in the powerful rhythms of tidal cycles, the artworks in Peter C. Stone’s series Tidelines are inspired by dreamy coastal lowlands from northern Florida and the Lowcountry Carolinas to the beaches and estuaries of southern New England. While these luminous oil paintings explore coastal climate impacts and sea level-rise, they are built on questions about what these ecosystems face as we struggle with our environmental challenges.

The exhibition offers a look at the process of building illustrated stories written by the artist. Included in the show are works in pen & ink and watercolor, that also serve the graphic design of several books. Selected works are a salute to mythological lunar energies.

Since 1983, artist, author and educator Peter C. Stone has presented more than sixty 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. A knowledgeable educator whose enthusiasm for observing the natural world is contagious, Peter serves on the Art and Nature Committee of the Peabody Essex Museum and as an Advisor to the Board of the Florida State University Coastal Marine Laboratory. His “dreamy…evocative” (School Library Journal) paintings and books explore the evolutionary wisdom and interconnectedness of endangered creatures, cultures, and ecosystems.

His illustrated work, Waltzes with Giants, The Twilight Journey of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Skyhorse, 2012), is a moving portrait of one of earth’s largest endangered mammals, Winner of the USA Best Book Awards for Children’s Hardcover Non-Fiction, and a selection of the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club. “A stunning, shocking, beautiful book.” (Amazon Reviews)

His book, Dreams to Dance in Moonlight (Outskirts, 2014), is a Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Finalist. “Stone weaves language that hypnotizes…” (BlueInk Review), “the most exquisite verse…the most beautiful visions…” (Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews).

Publishers Weekly has called Peter’s luminous canvases “…sumptuous… beyond the tactile into a nearly mystical realm…”

For more information, please visit: www.PeterCStoneStudios.com

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Life and Death of the Salt Marsh, re-released by the Buzzards Bay Coalition in late 2024.

Fifty-five years ago, Woods Hole scientists John and Mildred Teal’s Life and Death of the Salt Marsh motivated a generation of coastal citizens and lawmakers to advocate for arguably the most important ecosystem in a seaside region. The Coalition has re-released the breakthrough text as the salt marsh’s worst threat—climate change—looms large.

This hardcover edition boasts a new cover visual designed by Mattapoisett-based designer Hannah Haines; paintings for the cover were donated by Peter Stone of Marion. Learn more here.

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