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In the winter of 1989, Glen Loates walked out of his studio into his own back yard, where his ten-year-old son, Michael, had just finished building a snowman.
The snowman was wearing Michael's knit toque and both of his mitts. The briar pipe hooked over one twig arm was Glen's own.
While he was painting, one mitt came off and dropped into the snow. He looked at it and decided it was better where it had fallen, so he left it there and painted it lying in the snow. He gave it room, too. The snowman sits well over to the right, and roughly two thirds of the sheet is open snow with the boy's tracks still in it.
That decision is the whole picture. A man who spent weeks counting feathers on museum study skins knew exactly what he was doing when he chose to leave something alone.
He wrote two things on the sheet in pencil, in his own hand: the title, and "Outside my Studio."
The original is a watercolour, 11 by 8.5 inches, and it hangs in Michael Loates' home today. It was painted, first, for the ten-year-old who built the subject.
Listen to Glen's biography · 9 min
The full written biography is on the Biography page.
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Glen's work has hung in homes for decades. Here are a few pieces where they live now, photographed by the collectors themselves.
“…brings to mind fond childhood memories walking with my father.”
Linda F.
“We love the print very much. A few years ago, we had a beautiful fox arrive at our home.”
Betsy B.
“I have so many fond memories of growing up with the wildlife prints that truly inspired imagination and made our house a home.”
Michael G.
A family collection, begun in the late 1970s
“I choose prints from here because of the incredible detail and he is a Canadian artist.”
Barb R.
“It's hanging beside a lake that has Loons. Nice setting.”
Christopher W.
“This piece really brings out their personality and looks great at my cottage.”
Anne G.
“I love your father's work and will be back again for more.”
Anne G.
“Looks great in the room, and compliments the colours and theme I am going for.”
Lynda H.
