Chipmunk and Woodland Blue Butterfly Enhanced — Framed Piece Oil but finding that same bird

but finding that same bird in green requires subtler chromatic judgment

one black (the melanistic form common in Ontario)

his wildlife studies have been collected internationally for over five decades

the texture of the paper showing through every stroke

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife studies have been collected worldwide for over five decades

Chipmunk and Woodland Blue Butterfly Enhanced — Framed Piece Oil but finding that same birdA chipmunk pauses on a moss covered log, watching a Woodland Blue Butterfly drift past. The original watercolour study, executed by Glen in his characteristic patient field style, has here been transformed: Glen returned to the work years later with soft pastel, Chinese white ink, and coloured pencil applying a luminous green and gold background that lifts the figure off the page, and refining the smallest details until every whisker, fern frond, and