Polar Bear Cubs — Framed Piece Print Size:21.5" x 30" the disproportionate paws evolved for

the disproportionate paws evolved for exactly this terrain — all of it is anatomically precise and emotionally alive

This piece is executed in coloured pencil

Glen Loates was commissioned as the scientific artist who worked closely with Dr

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Polar Bear Cubs — Framed Piece Print Size:21.5" x 30" the disproportionate paws evolved forTwo polar bear cubs play on the Arctic pack ice one rearing up, one crouching forward on the edge of a melt pool, the blue ice and Arctic water behind them. This 1985 watercolour is among Glen's most warmly received Arctic works: the cubs' thick white fur rendered with the same patient fine brush work he brought to all his young animal subjects, the ice surface given every variation of blue and white that genuine Arctic ice carries. The cubs' postures