Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag the whole scene lit with

the whole scene lit with the soft blue and gold of a northern morning

the composition spare and absolutely certain

surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves

the proportions not yet resolved into adult form

when his technique was loose enough to feel atmospheric and tight enough to render every individual hair on the beaver's coat

Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag the whole scene lit withA male cardinal drops toward a snow covered pine, wings spread in landing, while a female forages below in the blue white shadow of the drifts. This 1987 watercolour is the image most people picture when they think of Glen Loates the red of the male against winter snow, the composition spare and absolutely certain. Nothing is wasted. The pine needles, the seed casings scattered on the snow, the shadow that gives the drift its dimension: every element