My own art work is focused around several themes related to the crucial part wilderness plays in our world. I often focus on flowers and nature close-ups and combine imagery, use hand colouring, and other techniques to highlight the numinous quality of nature. I work on a project basis with subjects as wide spread as the standing stones of Brittany, close-ups of grasses, my ongoing love affair with wildflowers, and the intertidal zone. Selections of my personal wok can be seen at caroleharmon.ca.

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Colour Print Innovator

Don Harmon was born on January 9, 1917, the youngest child of Byron and Maude Harmon and grew up in Banff. In common with most young men of his generation, higher education was forfeit to service in World War 2. Don served as a navigator in the 432 Leaside Squadron of the RCAF.flying bombing missions over Germany and France. His plane crashed at Reeth Yorkshire on his 3 operation after which he returned to the 432 Squadron with a new crew to complete 32 operations in total by October 7, 1944.

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Early Photographer

Born on the family homestead at Olympia, Washington, Byron Harmon was endowed early on with a knack for using his hands, an adventurer’s spirit, and a bad case of asthma that vexed him his entire life. As a teenager, photography grabbed his interest and he waded into the new medium with a pinhole camera he constructed himself. An enterprising young man, he opened up a portrait studio in Tacoma. Without enough money to buy film, he accepted his first client and proceeded to take her picture with an empty camera. Requesting a down payment, he used the money to buy film and then asked the lady back for retakes. From that moment on he never looked back.

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