Blue Jays — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag its long spurs evolved to

its long spurs evolved to exclude all but the longest bills

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose work documenting Canadian wildlife spans five decades of international recognition

slightly startled-looking even when completely calm — is part of what makes it one of the most frequently depicted owls in wildlife art

trilliums and violets around it

his snowshoe hare studies are among his most technically demanding and beautiful winter wildlife works

Blue Jays — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag its long spurs evolved toTwo blue jays hold their ground in an oak tree as the first snow of autumn dusts the remaining leaves. The composition captures a specific Canadian moment that brief overlap when the last of the fall colour and the first winter snow exist together. Glen rendered the jays' electric blue against the tawny copper of the oak leaves with the kind of chromatic confidence that only comes from painting the same birds, in the same season, year after year. Blue