Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag A male American Goldfinch at

A male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle — wings spread

the proportions not yet resolved into adult form

the whole scene lit with the soft blue and gold of a northern morning

surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves

Cardinals in Snow — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag A male American Goldfinch atA male cardinal drops toward a snow covered pine, wings spread in landing, while a female forages below in the blue white shadow of the drifts. This 1987 watercolour is the image most people picture when they think of Glen Loates the red of the male against winter snow, the composition spare and absolutely certain. Nothing is wasted. The pine needles, the seed casings scattered on the snow, the shadow that gives the drift its dimension: every element