Loon with Young — Giclée on Paper Enhanced The world's smallest owl perches

The world's smallest owl perches on a saguaro cactus in full bloom — the bird compact and round-eyed among the cactus spines

the light filtering through bare branches above

in the kind of light that only exists for a few weeks in a northern summer

the way Glen often worked when he wanted the viewer to meet an animal eye to eye

Glen's early botanical studies show a young artist finding his own way with atmospheric colour — the green background is not merely a setting but an environment

Loon with Young — Giclée on Paper Enhanced The world's smallest owl perchesA Common Loon at the nest the adult in full breeding plumage, two grey chicks at the water's edge beside the nest, the reflection of the loon's iridescent head visible in the still shallows. This 1985 watercolour is a more intimate and habitat specific composition than the open water loon paintings: the nest location, the cattail roots, the lily pads at lower right all precisely observed. The adult's reflection in the water, including the red eye