Black Bear Cubs — Giclée on Paper Print Size:9.5" x 10" one caught mid-flutter with wings

one caught mid-flutter with wings spread

the light filtering through bare branches above

hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wolf paintings are among the most celebrated in his wildlife catalogue

Glen studied wolves extensively

Black Bear Cubs — Giclée on Paper Print Size:9.5" x 10" one caught mid-flutter with wingsOne cub stands on a fallen log, tongue out, nose working the other peers over the edge with the particular cautious curiosity of a young bear encountering bees for the first time. Glen found the comedy in this moment without letting it slip into sentimentality. The watercolour is tight where the cubs' fur catches light, loose and atmospheric in the surrounding vegetation exactly the kind of contrast that made his wildlife work feel alive rather than