Chicories — Giclée on Paper Print Size:10" x 9" Glen approached the marine environment

Glen approached the marine environment with the same discipline he brought to Canadian forest subjects — the coral and anemone species are identifiable

and this cougar kitten is one of the finest — the luminous blue background wash lifting the animal off the page

and Glen placed them accordingly

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended well beyond the Canadian species he is best known for

Chicories — Giclée on Paper Print Size:10" x 9" Glen approached the marine environmentChicory blooms against a soft blue green field the petals almost luminous, the overall composition atmospheric rather than botanical, the flowers dissolving at the edges into the haze of a late summer afternoon. This is Glen in a more painterly mode: less interested in the precise anatomy of the individual bloom than in the quality of light in a chicory meadow at a particular time of day. Chicory was a subject that appealed to Glen's sense of colour