Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag the red cherries brilliant against

the red cherries brilliant against the turning autumn leaves

the composition spare and absolutely certain

That patience reads in every feather

the chipmunk's striped coat rendered with the fine-brush control that made his small mammal studies exceptional

both looking outward in different directions

Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag the red cherries brilliant againstA 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