Mineral Point, WI Sandra Peterson is best known for her distinctive mark making in meditative paintings examining the animal kingdom in human imagination. Her work uses highly textured surfaces, collapsing background and foreground into a complex, multi-dimensional plane, merging her subject with its surroundings. Peterson connects with the long history of humans looking to animals for inspiration in portraying universal themes pertaining to politics, community, and the environment. Peterson holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin Madison.