{"id":3009,"date":"2011-09-14T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T23:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2011-09-14T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T23:33:22","slug":"fallwinter-featured-artist-brian-heaphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/photography\/fallwinter-featured-artist-brian-heaphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall\/Winter Featured Artist, Brian Heaphy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Brian<\/a>

Brian Heaphy<\/p><\/div>\n

Former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Officer, Federal Officer, and Wilderness Guide, Brian Heaphy, now makes his home in Alaska\u2019s remote upper Yukon River valley.\u00a0 While practicing a subsistence lifestyle, he photographs Creation and writes about \u201cLiving on purpose at the speed of life.\u201d TM<\/h2>\n

Brian grew up in northwest Connecticut and went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD with a degree in engineering.\u00a0 After receiving his commission as a Naval Officer, he completed Basic Underwater Demolition \/ S.E.A.L. training and then made three consecutive deployments to the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

\"Koyuk\"<\/a>

Koyuk, Brian Heaphy's pack dog.<\/p><\/div>\n

As platoon commander, he led each of three S.E.A.L. platoons through the conduct of numerous Naval Special Warfare operations. While overseas, Brian’s childhood dreams of someday living a homestead lifestyle in the bush country of Alaska incubated far beyond his comfort level.\u00a0 Happy to still be alive, and relatively uninjured upon completion of his obligated service, Brian resigned his commission and moved north to Alaska to begin work as a river guide.<\/p>\n

Brian has since lived and worked in remote locations across the State of Alaska from the Bering Sea to the border of Canada\u2019s Yukon Territory.\u00a0 Included among these places which Brian often refers to as \u201cthe best of what\u2019s left on the planet Earth,\u201d are the Kenai River in the Kenai Wildlife Refuge, the Chulitna River in Lake Clark National Preserve, the Kanektok River in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, and the upper Yukon River and its tributaries in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.<\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/a>

Brian Heaphy's home in the upper Yukon River valley<\/p><\/div>\n

Only recently has Brian advanced his creative pastime of wilderness river scape photography to the professional business level.\u00a0 For many years, he chose to share his images with others as gifts in the forms of hand-fashioned prints and greeting cards.<\/p>\n

Along the way, however, comments and compliments from myriad friends, relatives, and associates caused him to consider the possibility of a formal career in photography.\u00a0 The interest and prompting of several world-class artists and photographers finally convinced Brian to take the next step and begin taking pictures \u201cfor real.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Split<\/a>

Split chum salmon drying for dog food.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brian\u2019s work is currently on display in prominent gift shops, fine art galleries, and museums across Alaska.<\/p>\n

Brian Heaphy’s photography is also available for viewing and internet sales at: Eagle’s Eye Limited Prints and Images<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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Experience the seasons with Brian Heaphy, Photographer<\/a> in the upper Yukon River valley.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Officer, Federal Officer, and Wilderness Guide, Brian Heaphy, now makes his home in Alaska\u2019s remote upper Yukon River valley.\u00a0 While practicing a subsistence lifestyle, he photographs Creation and writes about \u201cLiving on purpose at the speed of life.\u201d TM Brian grew up in northwest Connecticut and went on to graduate from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,394,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-featured-artist","category-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}