Denali Canvas Print

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Denali National Park is comprised of 6 million acres of raw wilderness. The variable terrain encompasses pristine lakes and rivers, tundra, meadows and amazing mountains, including the “Great One”, Denali rising 20,310 feet as North America’s highest peak. Abundant wildlife inhabits the park, including Dall sheep, moose, caribou, grizzly bears and wolves. I was privileged to visit last summer and to photograph this grandeur.
The name, Alaska, comes from the indigenous peoples known as the Aleut, meaning the object towards which the action of the sea is directed. An Aleut word from the same root, Alyeska, means great land. Indigenous peoples have occupied Alaska for thousands of years. The first peoples are thought to have come across a land bridge, between what is now Siberia and the Aleutian Islands, before the continents fully separated. Approximately half of the total state population lives along the coast, where the subarctic climate is moderated by the proximity t...

Creating portals of light, love, joy, beauty, compassion, hope and gratitude is my lifelong passion and purpose. My mother painted when i was young and encouraged drawing and painting and handcrafting in all forms and my father, the photographer, gave me my first camera at age 8. As a result, i have been a lifelong student of both mediums. Formal training of my eye and technique has been with the wonderful Pacific NW painter teachers, Stan Capon and Edi Olson. i hope you will enjoy these images as much as i enjoyed their creation.