Spring Magic — Gallery Canvas Landscapes Watercolour on Linen

Watercolour on Linen

painted in 1965 when he was already demonstrating the close observational eye that would define his career

the outcome already decided

A Rainbow Trout rising toward a fly — the body arced and powerful

the dished face

Spring Magic — Gallery Canvas Landscapes Watercolour on LinenA spring woodland scene the first wildflowers of the Ontario season emerging through the leaf litter, the light filtering through bare branches above, the whole composition breathing with the specific quality of early May in a mixed hardwood forest. This is the season Glen observed most closely across his career: the brief window when Trilliums, Trout Lilies, Hepatica, and Spring Beauty all bloom together before the canopy closes. Glen's spring