The Sentinel — Framed Piece Silk Scarves the antlers and head position

the antlers and head position all had to be exactly right

remains in the Loates family archive

the proportions not yet resolved into adult form

The tufted ears

its long spurs evolved to exclude all but the longest bills

The Sentinel — Framed Piece Silk Scarves the antlers and head positionA lone White Pine on a Shield promontory the tree shaped by decades of prevailing wind, leaning slightly, the branches on the windward side stripped and dead while the leeward side still holds its dark green needles. This is the sentinel tree of the Canadian Shield: standing apart from the forest, shaped by exposure, enduring. Glen gave it the full complexity of a portrait subject the specific character of this particular pine, not a generic tree. The