Saw-Whet Owl — Framed Piece square-scarf Glen Loates is a member

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wolf paintings are among the most celebrated in his wildlife catalogue

A whitetail fawn lies curled in a spring forest clearing — white spots vivid on its rust-red coat

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This is not a pretty winter scene: it is a painting about the severity of the season

This is the unenhanced version of the subject — the original watercolour study without the luminous pastel background of the Enhanced edition

Saw-Whet Owl — Framed Piece square-scarf Glen Loates is a memberA Saw whet Owl in close portrait one of the smallest owls in North America, its round head and outsized yellow eyes filling the frame, the brown and white streaked plumage rendered with the fine brush patience that this tiny bird demands. The Saw whet's expression wide eyed, slightly startled looking even when completely calm is part of what makes it one of the most frequently depicted owls in wildlife art. Glen captured that quality without