Cardinals — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" perfectly camouflaged against the dappled

perfectly camouflaged against the dappled forest floor

the body not yet airborne

pink lateral band

Glen captured that quality without sentimentalizing it

This 1987 watercolour is the image most people picture when they think of Glen Loates — the red of the male against winter snow

Cardinals — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" perfectly camouflaged against the dappledA male and female Cardinal in a summer linden the male's red luminous against the fresh green foliage, the female's warm brown orange blending more carefully with the surrounding leaves. This is a summer watercolour, painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio, the leaves still full and the light falling soft through the canopy. Cardinals in summer present a different challenge than the winter