Violet — Framed Piece ducks the distinctive hand-like forepaws: all

the distinctive hand-like forepaws: all are rendered with the care of someone who has observed the living animal closely

When Michael Loates was ten years old

every primary feather splayed and rendered individually

The trillium — Ontario's provincial flower — frames the fawn at the left

Two Cedar Waxwings on a blueberry branch — one launching upward with wings fully spread

Violet — Framed Piece ducks the distinctive hand-like forepaws: allA violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet