Cardinals in Snow — Bag For her The black and grey together

The black and grey together in one composition makes a quietly striking point about the range of colour within a single species

this autumn leaf composition is one of his most distinctive and formally inventive works

This is Glen's most complex raccoon composition: four individually characterized animals in a multi-level habitat

This is the natural world's resilience made visible

his wildflower botanicals are collected alongside his celebrated wildlife paintings worldwide

Cardinals in Snow — Bag For her The black and grey togetherA male cardinal drops toward a snow covered pine, wings spread in landing, while a female forages below in the blue white shadow of the drifts. This 1987 watercolour is the image most people picture when they think of Glen Loates the red of the male against winter snow, the composition spare and absolutely certain. Nothing is wasted. The pine needles, the seed casings scattered on the snow, the shadow that gives the drift its dimension: every element