Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers Glen Loates is a member

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife work spans five decades of international collection

The Spotted Owl carries ecological significance beyond its beauty: it is an indicator species for old-growth forest health

A winter valley view from an elevated vantage — forested ridges receding into a purple-grey cloud bank

the cream-coloured paper ground giving the whole composition a warm

near his feet

Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers Glen Loates is a memberA Brown Creeper works its way down a massive cedar trunk the bird almost invisible against the deeply furrowed bark, exactly as nature intended. This is the challenge Glen set himself: to paint a bird whose entire survival strategy is camouflage, without making it disappear from the painting. He solved it by rendering the bark with such meticulous attention to colour and texture that the creeper's subtle plumage becomes legible by contrast. Signed and