Hooded Mergansers — Gallery Canvas Square It is the kind of

It is the kind of scene any Canadian who has paddled north in late September knows by heart

Drawing was the foundation on which all of Glen's painting rested

The composition asks the viewer to stand where Glen stood — looking out over country that goes on longer than you can see

Cedar Waxwings feeding in a cherry tree — multiple birds in various stages of landing

the anatomy internalized before he committed it to canvas

Hooded Mergansers — Gallery Canvas Square It is the kind ofA pair of Hooded Mergansers on rippled water the male in foreground with his extraordinary black and white crest fully raised, the female behind him with her rust coloured head and subtler plumage. This 1987 watercolour is a study in the dramatic sexual dimorphism of the species: the male's crest is one of the most theatrical displays in North American waterfowl, and Glen rendered it with complete precision. The water surface below the birds carries