Mallard Ducklings — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper framed by maples burning red

framed by maples burning red and yellow against a slate sky

the great dark-brown form filling the canvas

The Golden Eagle presented a particular challenge — the scale of it

the way the animal uses its front paws like hands

Glen Loates spent years drawing from skin specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum and observing live raptors in the field

Mallard Ducklings — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper framed by maples burning redMallard ducklings a cluster of them, still in their natal down, gathered at the water's edge among the reeds. Glen painted ducklings with the same completeness he gave all his young animal subjects: the specific downy texture of newly hatched birds, the proportions not yet resolved into adult form, the expression of complete absorption in the immediate world. The habitat surroundings the reeds, the shallow water, the muddy bank are as specifically