Over the Hills and Far Away — Framed Piece water This 1985 watercolour is deceptively

This 1985 watercolour is deceptively simple: the duck is rendered with complete precision

the distant hills a blue-purple band

Glen and his brother Bernard

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose wildlife studies have been collected internationally for over five decades

Drag Lake in Haliburton has been a recurring subject across Glen's career

Over the Hills and Far Away — Framed Piece water This 1985 watercolour is deceptivelyA gravel road crests a hill and drops into a summer Ontario valley a grey barn visible at the farm below, hydro poles following the road down, an orchard to the right, wildflowers at the roadside verge. This is rural Ontario painted with the affection of someone who grew up in it: the specific texture of a gravel road, the way an Ontario summer valley looks from the top of a concession hill, the particular blue of distant hills under a July sky. Glen