A Trumpeter Swan family on a northern lake — the white adults and their grey cygnets moving across still water, the reflections perfect in the calm. This is one of Glen's most serene compositions: the swans' white completely luminous against the blue of the water, the cygnets' grey a perfect tonal bridge between the white adults and the dark water. The landscape behind is barely indicated — treeline, sky, reflection — everything secondary to the family on the water.
Glen's swan paintings are among his most formally beautiful — the simplicity of the subject, white birds on blue water, requires complete confidence in the handling of the watercolour. Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; his waterfowl family compositions are among the most warmly received works in his catalogue.
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.
