| Born in Bellingham, Washington, Richard Gilkey became a painter of landscapes, inspired by his roots in the Skagit Valley where he was a fourth-generation resident. His paternal great-grandfather, one of the region's earliest settlers, had helped build dikes in the Edison area. His maternal grandfather was the bridge tender at the north end of the Swinomish Channel. He spent his early childhood in a British Columbia logging camp where his father marked trees for cutting. Then the family moved ba (showing 500 of 5547 characters). |
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