The founder of The Lifework Studio, artist Adrienne Leban's work takes many forms: digital art, painting, teaching, design, essays and poetry. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City since 1970.

BOOKS: $15.95 -- Signed by the Artist

INNER ENERGY contains 24 images which are manifestations of the self's inner energy tapped through deep concentration. Radiant, vibrant, electrifying, and pulsating, the black and white drawings generate the colors present in white light.

By concentrating upon each piece, the viewer/participant's self-awareness is stimulated, bringing attention to ones often-neglected life force.

The drawings are not replacements for the experience but act as a catalyst for inner energy. Thus, they reveal art in its true function for viewer and artist alike -- as an essential avenue for the concentration, expression, and awareness of the self, essential for human evolution.

A NEW VISION FOR PEACE is formulated as "visual literature" - a form of communication in which visual language is used intentionally to communicate visual energy, rather than as a subordinate or enhancement of verbal language.

The message of A New Vision for Peace is concentrated into geometric constructions to be understood non-verbally. That is, the mandalas offer intense visual experiences, which are not illustrations of verbal concepts.

Helping one become centered through the sense of sight -- color, light, and vibration -- the mandalas emanate patterns of energy, providing the unity and logic needed to enhance one's ability to concentrate and cohere our usually fragmented minds.

The mandalas are created intuitively, with brief word lists to suggest the issues we must rethink to achieve healing, social harmony, and peace.

Nine mandalas are included in the book.