Pheasant in Apple Tree — Framed Piece Print Size:23" x 30" A boreal treeline silhouetted against

A boreal treeline silhouetted against a twilight sky — the dark forms of spruces and dead snags in the foreground

When Michael Loates was ten years old

The anatomy is exact — the distinctive thin neck

in the lynx's path

this painting is one of his most dramatically composed raptor works

Pheasant in Apple Tree — Framed Piece Print Size:23" x 30" A boreal treeline silhouetted againstA Ring necked Pheasant cock perches in an apple tree the extraordinary iridescent plumage in full autumn display, the red face, the white collar, the long tail: every element of the male pheasant's remarkable appearance rendered with the precision Glen brought to all his bird portraits. This 1985 watercolour places the bird in a gnarled orchard apple tree, the small apples still hanging, the leaves turning. The composition is formal and completely