Inquisitive — Giclée on Paper Print Size:14.5" x 16" Glen Loates spent years drawing

Glen Loates spent years drawing from skin specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum and observing live raptors in the field

two foraging in the snow

Glen worked in coloured pencil rather than watercolour for this Banff series

perch position

sketching the same wing positions over and over until the geometry of the dive became second nature

Inquisitive — Giclée on Paper Print Size:14.5" x 16" Glen Loates spent years drawingA cougar kitten sits among summer grasses and purple vetch, front paws tucked, eyes wide and directly on the viewer. This is the painting that defines the word in the title: the kitten is not alarmed, not playing, not running simply paying the closest possible attention to something new. The coloured pencil rendering gives the kitten's spotted coat a warmth and softness that suits the subject perfectly. Glen's young animal compositions are among the