Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag That patience reads in every

That patience reads in every feather

the proportions not yet resolved into adult form

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

the red cherries brilliant against the turning autumn leaves

A Spotted Owl — the old-growth specialist

Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag That patience reads in everyA 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