Violet — Framed Piece ducks The trillium — Ontario's provincial

The trillium — Ontario's provincial flower — frames the fawn at the left

the branches on the windward side stripped and dead while the leeward side still holds its dark green needles

When Michael Loates was ten years old

A Red Squirrel faces off against a Pileated Woodpecker on the trunk of a dead pine — the woodpecker emerging from its excavation

Violet — Framed Piece ducks The trillium — Ontario's provincialA violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet