Hockley Valley Rock by Glen Loates, original artwork: tall trunks framing a valley of red and gold autumn hills

Hockley Valley Rock by Glen Loates, detail of the painting

Hockley Valley Rock, an original work by Glen Loates, shown framed at true scale on a gallery wall as a visitor pauses to study it

Hockley Valley Rock by Glen Loates, the framed original on a gallery wall

Hockley Valley Rock by Glen Loates, the framed original, close view

Hockley Valley Rock by Glen Loates, the framed original, angled view

Hockley Valley Rock by Glen Loates, side view of the frame

Glen Loates R.C.A.

Hockley Valley Rock

Name: Hockley Valley Rock — Original
Brand: Glen Loates
Price: 17700.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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Glen Loates R.C.A. is the first Canadian artist represented at the White House. In 1982, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau arranged for him to present his painting The Bald Eagle to President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office, on behalf of Canada. His originals have also been given to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and to Prime Minister Trudeau. Dignitaries and notable collectors hold his work. Every original in this collection comes directly from the Loates family.

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About the Work

A high vantage over Hockley Valley at the height of autumn. Pale trunks rise through the foreground and frame the view beyond, where a slope of reds and oranges falls away to rolling blue hills. A weathered split-rail fence and a single boulder anchor the lower edge.

Glen built the scene entirely in colour pencil, laying down fine individual strokes so the texture of the paper still breathes through the colour. It is the same patient mark-making he uses for feather and fur, turned here to bark, leaves and distance. Throughout his career he drove into the southern Ontario countryside in search of new subjects and background material, and works like this one come from that habit of looking.

GLEN LOATES, RCA

Colour pencil on paper
Signed faintly; titled and dated on the verso
9” x 7.75”, 20.5” x 20”
$25,000 CAD

About the Artist

Glen Loates outside by mushrooms kneeling with sketchbook and smiling

Glen Loates R.C.A. has spent his life paying close attention to the natural world. Largely self-taught, he began his professional career at eleven, and in 1974 he was elected to full membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

He works from field study and museum study skins rather than photographs, making as many as forty-five pencil sketches of an animal before he paints it, and he begins every painting from the eye.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan accepted Glen's life-size Bald Eagle in the Oval Office, a gift Glen painted and conceived himself, making him the first Canadian artist represented at the White House.

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Format & Materials

The format

A one-of-a-kind original by Glen Loates R.C.A., signed by the artist.
The medium, size and signature details for each work are listed on its page.
Every original comes directly from the Loates family.

Materials

As listed on each work's page: oil, watercolour, colour pencil or graphite, on canvas, paper or linen.

Care

Display away from direct, prolonged sunlight to help preserve the colour.
Keep the work in a stable environment, away from extreme humidity or temperature changes.
If you reframe, use archival, acid-free materials and UV-protective glazing.
Never apply cleaners, water or sprays to the glazing or the artwork.

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About the Artist

Glen Loates R.C.A. has spent his life paying a particular kind of attention to the natural world. He never attended art school.

His professional career began at eleven, when he designed the Canadian Cancer Society’s daffodil logo, used by the organization for several decades. In 1968 he won the Royal Philatelic Award for Canada’s first full-colour postage stamp, the Gray Jay. In 1974 he was elected to full membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, the first wildlife painter invited to join.

In December 1982, he presented his life-size watercolour of a Bald Eagle personally to President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office, a gift from the people of Canada to the people of the United States. Reagan called it “a breathtaking representation of America’s symbol.” He is the first Canadian artist to be represented at the White House. His originals have also been presented to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

His work has been exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum, the British Museum, the Alexander Koenig Museum in Bonn, and the McMichael Canadian Collection. Three major volumes document his career: The Art of Glen Loates (1977), Birds of North America (1979), and A Brush with Life (1984).

He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Explorers Club.

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Hockley Valley Rock

GLEN LOATES, RCA

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