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Ted P. Forman's journey in photography started with his first SLR camera in 1978. He had moved from the East coast to California and was eager to both explore and photograph the great western landscapes. These were the days of film photography when there were limits as to how many images you could create based on the number of film rolls you carried. Now, using a digital SLR, Ted is able to capture many images and view them instantly on the camera. Ted started to photograph wildlife and city scenes in addition to landscapes. He started to use both social media and photo sharing sites to have the public view his photographic vision. He is now based in the northwest corner of the United States, in the high desert of Central Oregon. Most of his work involves creating images of the landscapes in this part of the world along with the wildlife. His photographic journey continues, as does his learning experience.

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Amber Orenstein is an artist and illustrator living in Portland, Oregon. As a former web designer, she enjoys making more hand-made art. While she sketches and draws digitally on an iPad, she also uses a variety of mediums including gouache, acrylics, and oil pastels in her paintings, or relief prints.

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George Shubin has always loved photography. Even as a small child, he would set up props and backdrops and models, and take "special effects" shots using his grandmother's old 1940s Kodak. He wanted to share with others something that he saw, his vision, so to speak. As he grew up, he always had his camera with him, whether it was a Polaroid or Yashika or Kodak, a camera was never very far from his reach. He is equally at home shooting landscapes with magnificent sunsets, the rising moon over a mountain, an intimate closeup of a bee collecting pollen, or the simple joy on a child's face as they see someone or something they love. George shoots for the sheer fun of it, and the enjoyment and satisfaction he gets from creating something memorable and lasting.

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Justin van Gend is a South African illustrator currently based out of the Pacific Northwest. He loves to draw, paint, and generally create a mess. He has been drawing since before he can remember and is currently working as a freelance illustrator. When he is not working on illustration, Justin loves to rock climb, surf, mountaineer, free-dive, and tinker around on things. These hobbies are also the primary source of inspiration for his work. Travel and the outdoors are his fuel for creativity.

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Max Foster is an international award-winning landscape and nature photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His work has been featured in top publications such as National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer and Practical Photography. He specializes in creating large format, limited edition, gallery quality fine art prints and has had the privilege of working with clients worldwide since 2014. All of his limited edition prints are made-to-order, numbered, signed and handcrafted in the USA.

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Anna Farba is a Canadian illustrator, botanical artist, and surface designer known for her expressive hand-painted watercolor botanicals. With a deep love for nature and 10-plus years of experience as a freelance illustrator, her work blends scientific accuracy with organic beauty, resulting in timeless compositions that feel both elegant and alive. Based in Vancouver, Anna finds endless inspiration in the wild flora of the Pacific Northwest.

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Alan Crowe is a photographer specializing in landscape and nature imagery. His passion for the natural world has led him on a lifelong journey to explore and photograph all aspects of the dynamic environment. With his camera he actively searches out subject matter as diverse as classic grand vistas, to the smallest details, and ever changing moods in nature. Residing with his family in the scenic Pacific Northwest town of Bellingham Washington, Alan is surrounded by the inspiring subject matter he loves. All his outdoor activities, such as hiking backpacking and skiing, are seamlessly blending into his photographic art.

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Nikita Ares is a Seattle-based painter originally from the Philippines. She received her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2018. Her works consist primarily of drawing and painting that includes movement, energy, and consciousness. The symbiosis between movement and energy creates an inseperable relationship that permeates her work, rooted in a fascination with the vibrations and dynamics of people, objects, and nature. With the use of paint and drawing media, she creates variations of gestures using traditional and modern styles that embody and visualize this concept. Her intention is to depict the bond between the flow of energy and the chaos of movement luring the viewer to expand their own awareness. Her paintings are abstractions from intimate moments that reveal a universe of interpretations and vulnerabilities.

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Daniel Scott Forster is a photographer specializing in fine art landscape and nature photography. Based in Colorado Springs, he captures the beauty of the natural world, from summer wildflowers and fall colors to starlit mountain peaks. As a photography instructor, he leads workshops and trains hundreds of photographers, sharing his passion and expertise with others. His path to photography emerged from a deep-rooted desire to create and share the beauty that surrounds us. Living in Colorado provides him with endless inspiration. What began with simple sunset photos evolved into a profound artistic journey, driven by the joy of capturing magical moments when nature seems embraces us, like when the sky explodes with color at sunset or when alpine meadows burst with wildflowers. Each image aims to tell a story and forge an emotional connection with the viewer. The most rewarding aspect of his work is its impact on others. Nothing brings Daniel greater satisfaction than hearing how his photographs move someone emotionally or bring the peace and beauty of nature into their daily lives.

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Angela Boyle is a freelance illustrator, designer, and cartoonist based in Bellingham, WA. She has always had an eye for the natural world: the plants and animals we can see and interact with. She came upon the Natural Science Illustration certificate program at the University of Washington, pulling together her technical communication and art skills in new ways. Technical communication is about organizing information, typically in written form, to help readers understand a complex topic. Scientific illustration is the art-based version of this same idea.

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Carolyn has an art history degree but she spends her days doing math. She loves taking photographs but has no formal training. She learns something every day that will make her a better photographer. Her favorite activities usually involve the outdoors so her pictures are mainly nature shots. She loves where she lives (Oregon). Truly, madly, deeply.

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Christine Rains is a Portland-based designer and an avid hiker who spends her days creating publications, maps, infographics, and signage for a long list of clients. On weekends, exploring the forests and wide open spaces of Oregon and Washington inspires her art and feeds her soul.

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Philip Kuntz is a happy retiree and landscape photographer living in Spokane, Washington. This shot of tidal pool life is from his visit to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport.

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Julianna Bernado creates fine art paintings using a mixture of oil pastels, watercolors, acrylic paint, and oil paints. Influenced by their scientific background, she draws most of their inspiration from complexities she sees in the natural world. Julianna finds answers to intense social questions in the wild and uses painting as the means to convey their conclusions. When painting, they create diverse textures by varying their use of oil based and water based materials. The chemical immiscibility allows them to highlight multiplicities by building physical structure into an otherwise 2D image. Julianna has always been inspired by fauvists' use of bright color and sees a reflection of their saturation and beastly brush work in their oeuvre.

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Chad Lund explores ways to non-verbally communicate human experiences through images of the dynamic natural world surrounding us all.

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Frida Clements is a PNW illustrator whose intricate line drawings and nature-inspired palette complements her distinctive Scandinavian aesthetic, in which flora and fauna are frequent subjects. She is the author and illustrator of "Have A Little Pun" and "The Snuggle is Real." Frida works out of her home studio in Seattle, illustrating books, packaging and limited-edition art prints.

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Lijah Hanley is a full-time landscape photographer from Vancouver, Washington. In 2009, when he was 13, his work was recognized by National Geographic, and he had the opportunity to study with world-renowned photographers in the Amazon Jungle. While in Peru, he explored all types of photography, and learned from some of the most talented photojournalists in the world. In 2013, Lijah had the opportunity to study with National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez in London. Since his time with National Geographic, Lijah has honed his photography, and focuses on capturing landscape images primarily of the United States. In 2015, Lijah and his wife, Gabby, converted a Dodge Sprinter into an RV, and set off to photograph the U.S. Three years, 100,000 miles, and 48 states later, they are still chasing the light!