A Canada Lynx turns mid-stride in deep snow, yellow eyes catching the viewer, the enormous snowshoe paws sinking only slightly into the drifted surface. This 1983 watercolour is one of Glen's most celebrated winter mammal paintings — the lynx's silver-grey coat painted with the kind of botanical patience he usually reserved for feather studies, every hair of the dense winter fur placed with intention.
Glen observed lynx during winter fieldwork in Ontario's boreal forests, tracking their movements across pressure ridges and windblown snowfields. The tufted ears, the dense facial ruff, the disproportionate paws evolved for exactly this terrain — all of it is anatomically precise and emotionally alive. Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; his large mammal watercolours have been exhibited in major galleries and collected internationally.
Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose work has been collected internationally for over five decades. Each bag is printed to gallery standards and built to carry the conversation wherever you go.
