A young cheetah in tall grass at dusk, fireflies flickering in the surrounding air. The cheetah's spotted coat and distinctive black facial tear-marks are rendered with precision, the animal's alert attention — it is watching something outside the frame — giving the composition its tension. The fireflies provide the painting's unusual and magical quality: small points of warm light in the gathering dusk, the African evening announced.
This is Glen working at the intersection of scientific accuracy and atmospheric poetry — the cheetah's anatomy is exact, but the fireflies transform the scene into something more than a wildlife portrait. Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife range extended across Africa as well as Canada.
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.
