A graduate of the theater department at the University of Texas in Austin, she has led teams on theatrical productions and collaborative design events for over twenty years. She is a published children’s book illustrator with a passion for teaching 21st century parenting skills. Her upcoming book, due out Fall 2012, is a quilting crime novel titled Quilts, Tacos & Tattoos.

Since 2004, Peter has served as the House Artist at PopTech and creates a number of on-site paintings live during each presentation at the annual PopTech conference in Maine. From 2007 to 2010, Durand served as the assistant director and lead facilitator at the Innovation Center at Vanderbilt Center for Better Health. Peter received his BFA in Visual Communications at Washington University in St. Louis and a MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland. His current obsession is the global street art movement and injecting the visual language of graffiti into the business landscape.