A violet — the simple five-petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor — rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy — the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals — is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest.
The violet appears throughout Glen's work as companion plant to his young-animal studies — in his fawn paintings, his cottontail studies, his spring forest compositions. This botanical study gives the plant its own devoted attention. Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; his violet paintings are among his most intimate and tenderly observed wildflower works.
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.
