Goldfinch — Framed Piece NEW Bobbie KalmanAuthors: Bobbie Kalman

Bobbie KalmanAuthors: Bobbie Kalman

"Glen Loates Animal Babies" showcases a diverse array of adorable animal infants

Glen met the challenge with his characteristic thoroughness

that specific parental behaviour that loons perform while the young are small enough to be carried

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended across Africa as well as Canada

Goldfinch — Framed Piece NEW Bobbie KalmanAuthors: Bobbie KalmanA male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle wings spread, the electric yellow of the breeding male almost incandescent against the soft blue green atmospheric background. Thistle seeds drift in the air around it; a companion flower opens at centre. This 1970 watercolour is one of Glen's most chromatically confident pieces: that particular cadmium yellow green of the male in June is one of the hardest colours to render