Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada not a generic tree

not a generic tree

a summer storm cloud building above

This 1982 watercolour is an exercise in raptor authority — the hawk owns the branch

"Glen Loates Animal Babies" showcases a diverse array of adorable animal infants

the sky above fading from pale yellow at the horizon through blue to the first grey of approaching night

Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada not a generic treeA chipmunk among autumn oak leaves maple foliage golden above, dried leaves and blue bittersweet berries scattered on the forest floor below. This 1982 watercolour is characteristic of Glen at his most observational: the chipmunk is almost incidental in its own painting, the forest floor given equal weight and attention. Every leaf is an individual leaf, every twig placed where gravity and autumn decay would place it. Glen believed the background was