Fawn — Giclée on Paper Vertical Fox kits at the den

Fox kits at the den were a subject Glen returned to across his career — few wildlife subjects combine the visual appeal of the young with the drama of the predator-in-training quite as effectively

both navigating the great forking branches of a tree that Glen rendered with the same attention he gave the animals

his early May scenes

the air bubble trail behind it and the scatter of small fry around it painted with the precision of an artist who has studied this moment as thoroughly as any other

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife studies document the full complexity of predator-prey relationships in the Canadian landscape

Fawn — Giclée on Paper Vertical Fox kits at the denA whitetail fawn lies curled in a spring forest clearing white spots vivid on its rust red coat, the large dark eye completely trusting, trilliums and violets around it. This is the painting that defines the fawn in Canadian wildlife art: the animal perfectly still, perfectly camouflaged against the dappled forest floor, placed in the specific botanical world of an Ontario May morning with botanical precision. The trillium Ontario's provincial flower