Brown Trout — Framed Piece Mat:Black a fish of near-mythological status

a fish of near-mythological status among anglers

hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge

the branches on the windward side stripped and dead while the leeward side still holds its dark green needles

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended across North America

There is nowhere for technique to hide in a pencil work of this scale

Brown Trout — Framed Piece Mat:Black a fish of near-mythological statusA Brown Trout breaks the surface in pursuit of a dry fly the fish suspended mid leap, its spotted flank catching the warm amber light that saturates the water below. Glen painted this early in his career, in 1969, and already the signature qualities are fully formed: the dissolving edge of the watercolour wash, the concentrated precision at the centre, the sense of a moment caught rather than constructed. The golden amber wash that surrounds the fish