Inquisitive — Giclée on Paper Print Size:14.5" x 16" two foraging in the snow

two foraging in the snow

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

Glen painted the Monarch with the awareness of a naturalist who understood its significance: the annual migration

The painting works because both subject and setting receive equal treatment: the cedar bark is as specifically observed as the fox's fur

both completely camouflaged against the snow they sit on

Inquisitive — Giclée on Paper Print Size:14.5" x 16" two foraging in the snowA cougar kitten sits among summer grasses and purple vetch, front paws tucked, eyes wide and directly on the viewer. This is the painting that defines the word in the title: the kitten is not alarmed, not playing, not running simply paying the closest possible attention to something new. The coloured pencil rendering gives the kitten's spotted coat a warmth and softness that suits the subject perfectly. Glen's young animal compositions are among the