Black Bear Cubs — Gallery Canvas birds specific moments of animal life

specific moments of animal life — a cub discovering something surprising

head thrown back

wings still braking

This is one of Glen's botanical studies

This mystical masterpiece

Black Bear Cubs — Gallery Canvas birds specific moments of animal lifeOne cub stands on a fallen log, tongue out, nose working the other peers over the edge with the particular cautious curiosity of a young bear encountering bees for the first time. Glen found the comedy in this moment without letting it slip into sentimentality. The watercolour is tight where the cubs' fur catches light, loose and atmospheric in the surrounding vegetation exactly the kind of contrast that made his wildlife work feel alive rather than