Wind Blown Leaves — Framed Piece Vertical alongside Herb-Robert with its delicate

alongside Herb-Robert with its delicate pink flowers and deeply cut foliage

Two blue jays hold their ground in an oak tree as the first snow of autumn dusts the remaining leaves

the lichen-covered granite below it

nostrils working

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended across Africa as well as Canada

Wind Blown Leaves — Framed Piece Vertical alongside Herb-Robert with its delicateAutumn 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