Monarch Butterflies — Giclée on Paper Oil Pastel Glen Loates R

Glen Loates R

the whole scene is painted from the window of Glen's Maple

this is one of his most beloved and widely collected works

working with the medium's characteristic texture to suggest the depth of a cold sky and the layered recession of forested hills

the African evening announced

Monarch Butterflies — Giclée on Paper Oil Pastel Glen Loates RTwo Monarch Butterflies on a milkweed plant the larger one with wings fully open showing the iconic orange and black patterning, the smaller one at rest beside it, wings vertical. The milkweed leaves are rendered with the same care Glen brought to all his botanical subjects: the large waxy leaves, the specific venation, the slightly glaucous surface. The composition is clean and spare white background, plant, butterflies which gives the orange of the