Cardinals — Framed Piece Frame:White the rush grasses below suggesting

the rush grasses below suggesting the wetland without cluttering the image

regarding the viewer with one bright eye while an acorn sits at its feet

Queen Anne's Lace and chicory in a summer meadow — the white umbels of the carrot flower at different stages of opening and closing

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose observational range was wider than any other Canadian wildlife artist of his generation

the large dark eye completely trusting

Cardinals — Framed Piece Frame:White the rush grasses below suggestingA 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