Bald Eagle — Giclée on Paper scarves its long spurs evolved to

its long spurs evolved to exclude all but the longest bills

The composition is intimate and unhurried

white birds on blue water

Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni

he and his father Glen built a snowman together in the yard

Bald Eagle — Giclée on Paper scarves its long spurs evolved toThis is the painting. In January 1983, Glen and his brother Bernard, alongside Canadian Ambassador Allan Gotlieb, walked into the Oval Office and presented this watercolour of a bald eagle to U. S. President Ronald Reagan a gift on behalf of the people of Canada to the people of the United States. Reagan's letter of thanks, on White House letterhead, remains in the Loates family archive. What you are looking at is the work itself: a single bald eagle