Glen Loates

In 1982, the former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau arranged for Loates to meet with US President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office to present his painting, The Bald Eagle to the American people on behalf of Canada.

If I can assist in preserving natural areas by lending my name to conservation projects or by using my art to draw attention to environmental issues, I feel I'm repaying an enormous debt of gratitude.

Loates became interested in art at a young age by exploring the woods around the family house in Newtonbrook, Ontario, and was introduced to watercolours by Frederick Henry Brigden, founder of the Canadian Watercolourist Society.

[10] National Geographic's documentary "One Half Mile Down" documented the Beebe Project and showed Loates working with "shark lady", Dr. Eugenie Clark, Dr. Joe MacInnis, Teddy Tucker, Emory Kristof, and Peter Benchley.

[11] In June 1988, Loates was given a conservationist award from the Ontario Natural Resources Minister Vincent Kerrio for his contributions as the conservation ambassador MNR's Wingham district.

Loates designed the reverse of the 2015 "In Flanders Field" themed circulation $2 coin which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the writing the poem which resulted in poppies becoming a symbol of Remembrance Day in Canada.