Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag A Spotted Owl — the

A Spotted Owl — the old-growth specialist

the proportions not yet resolved into adult form

the chipmunk's striped coat rendered with the fine-brush control that made his small mammal studies exceptional

both looking outward in different directions

surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves

Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag A Spotted Owl — theA male cardinal drops toward a snow covered pine, wings spread in landing, while a female forages below in the blue white shadow of the drifts. This 1987 watercolour is the image most people picture when they think of Glen Loates the red of the male against winter snow, the composition spare and absolutely certain. Nothing is wasted. The pine needles, the seed casings scattered on the snow, the shadow that gives the drift its dimension: every element