It was a stretch to think that a high school girl from the ‘burbs of British Columbia could ever make her way into the spotlight beside some of the biggest names in pop music including Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and Pink. And yet...

Ross Beaty will look you in the eye and tell you that he believes that “trees are spiritual beings,” and that “nature” is his religion. He’ll also talk comfortably about the “ephemeral” quality of our time on earth and rant about consumerism and what he sees as a misguided obsession...

He's at the Met in New York and the British Museum in London. One of his books is becoming an opera. On Bowen Island in B.C., Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas brings fresh perspective to ancient art.