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Ancient sunlight glitters on the primordial island sea. Some say that this land was the location of lost island of Atlantis.
An archipelago in the northwest corner of the United States mainland and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, these islands were named San Juan by Francisco de Eliza, a Spanish explorer. He charted the islands in 1791. The waters surrounding the San Juan Islands are collectively known as the Salish Sea and are comprised of Puget Sound, the Straits of Georgia and the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The US and Canada recognized the Salish Sea in 2009 and 2010 respectively, honoring the peoples of the Coast Salish ethno linguistic group. The Coast Salish includes the Nooksack, the Lummi, Klallam, Saanich, Samish and Songhee.
Of the more than 400 islands above water at high tide, only 128 of them are named. Most islands are quite hilly with rocky beaches, both shallow and deep harbors and some reef-studded bays
Heavily logged in the nineteenth century, th...

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.