Early morning photoshoots on Cortes Island, B.C. were a wonderful beginning of the day for a group of wildlife artists attending a workshop in 2012 with Robert Bateman at the Hollyhock Retreat. The peace and quiet along the ocean’s edge were disturbed only by a few bird cries, the occasional appearance of a wolf and the tide lapping at our feet. Along with collecting inspiring photos of landscape and wildlife for future paintings, friendships and memories were made. In this view towards the mainland, the sun is just peaking above the land. As it rose, the sky lightened, the wildlife