Gold aspens on the bank of Lac Cardinal on the Peace River — the trunks white against the yellow canopy, the lake visible through the trees, the far shore just a blue line across the water. This 1992 coloured pencil landscape is one of Glen's most luminous autumn pieces: the aspens at peak colour, the light coming through the leaves rather than off them, the whole composition built from the interplay of white bark, gold foliage, and blue water.

Glen made working trips across the Canadian north and west throughout his career, and the Peace River country produced some of his most distinctive landscape work. The aspen parkland of northern Alberta has a different quality from the mixed hardwood forests of Ontario — more open, the light different, the autumn colour more golden and less varied. Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; this landscape is one of his finest western pieces.

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.