Wooden Pond - Tote Bag Tote Bag this landscape is one of

this landscape is one of his finest western pieces

the son of Glen Loates

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended well beyond the Canadian species he is best known for

the opposite hillside a dense wall of green with a cloud building above it

where the same observational discipline he brought to wildlife was turned toward the wildflowers of the Ontario countryside he knew by foot and season

Wooden Pond - Tote Bag Tote Bag this landscape is one ofA still woodland pond in late summer the tannin dark water perfectly reflecting the surrounding trees, a single log crossing the foreground, the surface otherwise undisturbed. This is one of Glen's most minimal and atmospheric landscape compositions: no wildlife, no dramatic sky just the pond and its reflection, the specific quality of still dark water in a forested hollow. The painting demonstrates Glen's understanding of what makes a landscape