Brown Trout — Framed Piece Mat:Black the branches on the windward

the branches on the windward side stripped and dead while the leeward side still holds its dark green needles

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended across North America

Two Snowshoe Hares in winter white — one alert and upright

eyes wide with the particular alertness of a young predator discovering the world — sits among dandelions

Nothing is wasted

Brown Trout — Framed Piece Mat:Black the branches on the windwardA Brown Trout breaks the surface in pursuit of a dry fly the fish suspended mid leap, its spotted flank catching the warm amber light that saturates the water below. Glen painted this early in his career, in 1969, and already the signature qualities are fully formed: the dissolving edge of the watercolour wash, the concentrated precision at the centre, the sense of a moment caught rather than constructed. The golden amber wash that surrounds the fish