Mallard Ducklings — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper the great dark-brown form filling

the great dark-brown form filling the canvas

but the painting is equally about the storm-washed light on the lake

Glen Loates spent years drawing from skin specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum and observing live raptors in the field

the way the animal uses its front paws like hands

Mallard Ducklings — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper the great dark-brown form fillingMallard ducklings a cluster of them, still in their natal down, gathered at the water's edge among the reeds. Glen painted ducklings with the same completeness he gave all his young animal subjects: the specific downy texture of newly hatched birds, the proportions not yet resolved into adult form, the expression of complete absorption in the immediate world. The habitat surroundings the reeds, the shallow water, the muddy bank are as specifically