Goldfinch — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" his graphite wildlife portraits are

his graphite wildlife portraits are among the finest in the Canadian tradition

Chicory was a subject that appealed to Glen's sense of colour — that specific pale blue-violet is one of the most difficult colours to paint convincingly

the ruts frozen

An old apple orchard in late autumn — the gnarled trunks and bare branches of mature apple trees

it is loud

Goldfinch — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" his graphite wildlife portraits areA male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle wings spread, the electric yellow of the breeding male almost incandescent against the soft blue green atmospheric background. Thistle seeds drift in the air around it; a companion flower opens at centre. This 1970 watercolour is one of Glen's most chromatically confident pieces: that particular cadmium yellow green of the male in June is one of the hardest colours to render