Saw-Whet Owl in Maple Tree — Giclée on Paper Print Size:14" x 16" This is not a pretty

This is not a pretty winter scene: it is a painting about the severity of the season

the enormous weight of the animal expressed in every brushstroke

and the mitt lying in the snow where the wind had put it

Wild Roses — the native Rosa species of Ontario's fields and hedgerows — rendered with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his wildflower subjects

The flowers in the pots are painted with the same botanical care Glen brought to his wildflower studies: geraniums

Saw-Whet Owl in Maple Tree — Giclée on Paper Print Size:14" x 16" This is not a prettyA Saw whet Owl perched in a maple in autumn the tiny owl surrounded by turning maple leaves, some still green, some gold, some already brown and falling, the bird completely still and watching from the cover the leaves provide. This is one of Glen's most painterly owl compositions: the leaves are given as much weight as the bird, the composition requiring the viewer to find the owl within the autumn foliage rather than having it presented front and