Purple Heron — Giclée on Paper For him Glen's willingness to study and

Glen's willingness to study and paint species from outside his home territory reflects a scientific discipline that extended beyond nationalism: he painted the species that interested him

surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves

the clearing sky above

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended across Africa as well as Canada

the brown-and-white streaked plumage rendered with the fine-brush patience that this tiny bird demands

Purple Heron — Giclée on Paper For him Glen's willingness to study andA Purple Heron stalks the shallows the body folded forward in the hunting crouch, neck extended, the slate blue and russet plumage vivid against the pale grasses of the reed margin. This is not a North American subject: the Purple Heron is a European and African species, and this painting shows Glen working from observation beyond his home territory. The anatomy is exact the distinctive thin neck, the streaked rufous of the head and neck, the blue