A Snowy Owl portrait — the bird filling the frame, turned three-quarters, the yellow eyes compelling and direct. The white plumage is rendered with the fine-brush discipline that Glen brought to all his owl portraits: every feather an individual mark, the subtle barring that indicates a female bird rendered without overstating it, the facial disc and bill precisely placed. This is the Snowy Owl as a presence rather than as a landscape element.
Where the Snowy Owl in flight is a painting about power and space, this portrait is a painting about attention — the owl's attention to the world, and the viewer's attention to the owl. Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; his owl portraits are among the most celebrated works in his catalogue and the most widely reproduced Canadian wildlife images of his generation.
Presented as a complete framed piece — archival giclée hand-mounted, matted, and finished in your choice of gallery-quality frame. Arrives ready for the wall.
