Beavers — Framed Piece Wildlife Glen Loates is a member

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose bird watercolours have been collected internationally for over five decades

the bill aligned with the long spur of the columbine flower

This botanical study gives the plant its own devoted attention

This 1985 watercolour is deceptively simple: the duck is rendered with complete precision

every muscle extended — a ruffed grouse feather still drifting in its wake to the left of the frame

Beavers — Framed Piece Wildlife Glen Loates is a memberTwo beavers one feeding, one stretched up to pull a willow branch closer caught in the soft light of a summer afternoon, surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves. Glen made this watercolour at the height of his powers, when his technique was loose enough to feel atmospheric and tight enough to render every individual hair on the beaver's coat. Of course Canada's national animal would attract him. Glen worked from sketches and observation done over