Blue Jays — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag honey mushrooms cluster at the

honey mushrooms cluster at the end of the log

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose work documenting Canadian wildlife spans five decades of international recognition

the starlings in the distance are small but specific

his spring forest compositions

A Common Loon at the nest — the adult in full breeding plumage

Blue Jays — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag honey mushrooms cluster at theTwo blue jays hold their ground in an oak tree as the first snow of autumn dusts the remaining leaves. The composition captures a specific Canadian moment that brief overlap when the last of the fall colour and the first winter snow exist together. Glen rendered the jays' electric blue against the tawny copper of the oak leaves with the kind of chromatic confidence that only comes from painting the same birds, in the same season, year after year. Blue