Cardinals — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" the columnar stamen

the columnar stamen

Two black bear cubs explore a summer meadow — one browsing pink fireweed

This 1987 watercolour is the image most people picture when they think of Glen Loates — the red of the male against winter snow

Glen captured that quality without sentimentalizing it

old-growth character — is part of the painting's meaning as well as its composition

Cardinals — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" the columnar stamenA male and female Cardinal in a summer linden the male's red luminous against the fresh green foliage, the female's warm brown orange blending more carefully with the surrounding leaves. This is a summer watercolour, painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio, the leaves still full and the light falling soft through the canopy. Cardinals in summer present a different challenge than the winter