Bald Eagle Head — Framed Piece Gift Card A Common Loon rests on

A Common Loon rests on a still lake among reeds — its iridescent green head

both caught in the specific quality of light that filters through the clear

and this study shows why

and Glen treated it with the respect the subject deserves

This is the work it became — a small

Bald Eagle Head — Framed Piece Gift Card A Common Loon rests onA close watercolour study the eagle in profile, beak open in mid call, every feather around the head rendered to the level of detail Glen was famous for in his bird studies. The soft wash of sky behind the bird leaves no doubt where it belongs. This painting strips everything away except the bird itself, the way Glen often worked when he wanted the viewer to meet an animal eye to eye. Glen Loates spent years drawing from skin specimens at the Royal