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An image of the lamps on the sides of the Broadway Bridge in Portland, Oregon

Award winning Images of the Great Northwest - and beyond... To me, artistic talent is the culmination of everything observed by the senses from the moment of birth. I Believe, not that a person is born an artist nor that artistic talents lie deep within a person waiting to escape, but that artistic vision starts from day one through the use of senses. Experience is our palette and the colors on our palette are influenced by sensual interpretations. While a thunderstorm may be shown by one artist as dark and foreboding, it may be shown as energetic and awesome by another. I was introduced to nature and the outdoors early through walks with my parents in the farms and woodlands of rural Connecticut and the Berkshire Mountains. As...