Mallard Ducklings — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper A Western Capercaillie — the

A Western Capercaillie — the largest of the grouse family

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Glen Loates spent years drawing from skin specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum and observing live raptors in the field

the great dark-brown form filling the canvas

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

Mallard Ducklings — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper A Western Capercaillie — theMallard ducklings a cluster of them, still in their natal down, gathered at the water's edge among the reeds. Glen painted ducklings with the same completeness he gave all his young animal subjects: the specific downy texture of newly hatched birds, the proportions not yet resolved into adult form, the expression of complete absorption in the immediate world. The habitat surroundings the reeds, the shallow water, the muddy bank are as specifically