Cardinals on Rosehip Bush — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper He let the season assert

He let the season assert itself

and Glen was aware of that dimension when he painted it

the starlings in the distance are small but specific

A Phalaenopsis orchid — two blooms open on an arching stem

loose and atmospheric in the surrounding vegetation — exactly the kind of contrast that made his wildlife work feel alive rather than illustrated

Cardinals on Rosehip Bush — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Archival Matte Paper He let the season assertA male and female Cardinal on a bare rosehip bush in late autumn the dried berries dark and clustered, the branches lifted against a softly graded winter sky. The male's red is muted slightly by the cool light, the female's warmth rhyming with the russet of the remaining hips. It is a composition built on exactly the kind of restraint that separates this watercolour from decorative bird art: nothing is brightened beyond what the actual light would