Violet — Framed Piece ducks When Michael Loates was ten

When Michael Loates was ten years old

the distinctive hand-like forepaws: all are rendered with the care of someone who has observed the living animal closely

A Red Squirrel faces off against a Pileated Woodpecker on the trunk of a dead pine — the woodpecker emerging from its excavation

rendered in coloured pencil on a warm toned ground

the structure of the plant rendered with the same attention to botanical accuracy that Glen brought to all his plant subjects

Violet — Framed Piece ducks When Michael Loates was tenA violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet