Matthew Hillier and Julia Rogers have a special connection. They share a love of wildlife, landscapes, and water. They respect each other’s talent and cheer each other on. And, they’re married—to each other.
The two met at an art show in Tacoma, Washington, in the 1990s and continued to connect at other shows for a few years before they began long distance dating. At the time, Hillier was living in Florida, and Rogers was living in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. They married in 2001 and lived in a suburb of Washington, D.C. for a time, but Rogers missed living in Chesapeake Bay, where she had grown up.
The couple moved there in 2006 and, because both of them had grown up near water—Hillier in England and Rogers in Maryland—they consider themselves blessed to be where they are today. “We’re 90 minutes from D.C.,” Rogers says. “The Chesapeake Bridge is eight miles long and, when you cross it, you’re in a completely different world.”
Read the full article in the May/June 2024 issue.
Misty Trails: Native Nomads of the Tetons
By Matthew Hillier
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Golden Light
By Julia Rogers
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