Mourning Dove — Giclée on Paper Artwork Glen Loates is a member

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose bird studies extend across all of Canada's ecological regions

and this is the definitive statement of that subject

Glen approached the marine environment with the same discipline he brought to Canadian forest subjects — the coral and anemone species are identifiable

and the depth must be built through tonal and colour progression rather than wet washes

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Mourning Dove — Giclée on Paper Artwork Glen Loates is a memberA Mourning Dove nests among rhododendron branches the warm buff brown plumage pressed close to the ground, the iridescent neck patch just visible, the bird completely still in the specific stillness of an incubating bird. This 1986 watercolour is a study in patient attention: the dove is fully aware of the observer but committed to the nest. The rhododendron leaves and fallen petals are rendered with botanical precision. Glen observed nesting birds