Cardinals in Snow — Bag For her this autumn leaf composition is

this autumn leaf composition is one of his most distinctive and formally inventive works

The black and grey together in one composition makes a quietly striking point about the range of colour within a single species

the colours overlapping and layering as they do in an actual Ontario forest in October

Glen's columbine paintings document one of the most architecturally interesting wildflowers in the Ontario forest — a plant shaped by its pollinator relationship with hummingbirds

his winter landscape work is held in collections across Canada

Cardinals in Snow — Bag For her this autumn leaf composition isA 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