Wind Blown Leaves — Giclée on Paper Mammals an artist's working sketchbook made

an artist's working sketchbook made beautiful

It is a composition built on exactly the kind of restraint that separates this watercolour from decorative bird art: nothing is brightened beyond what the actual light would allow

the dark fur at the legs and paws against the lighter shoulder — all of it is anatomically exact and compositionally fearless

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose bird studies have been exhibited and collected across North America

a document of a creature worth caring about

Wind Blown Leaves — Giclée on Paper Mammals an artist's working sketchbook madeAutumn leaves caught in the wind the composition built entirely from leaves at different stages of fall and flight, some still holding their autumn colour, some bleached by earlier frosts, all in motion or suggesting motion. This is Glen working in pure abstraction of natural form: no animal, no ground, no sky just the leaves themselves as a compositional subject. The painting demonstrates Glen's commitment to the full range of natural subjects the