Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada the animal's alert attention —

the animal's alert attention — it is watching something outside the frame — giving the composition its tension

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

not a generic tree

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

The trout rises toward the intruder

Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada the animal's alert attention —A chipmunk among autumn oak leaves maple foliage golden above, dried leaves and blue bittersweet berries scattered on the forest floor below. This 1982 watercolour is characteristic of Glen at his most observational: the chipmunk is almost incidental in its own painting, the forest floor given equal weight and attention. Every leaf is an individual leaf, every twig placed where gravity and autumn decay would place it. Glen believed the background was