the composition spare and absolutely certain
the enormous weight of the animal expressed in every brushstroke
the colours overlapping and layering as they do in an actual Ontario forest in October
A Phalaenopsis orchid — two blooms open on an arching stem
That field observation is what makes this painting feel witnessed rather than imagined
Northern Tribute — Giclée on Paper Print Size:10" x 5.5" the composition spare and absolutelyA Canadian Shield island in a northern lake a single white pine bent by decades of prevailing wind, the lichen covered granite below it, the dark treeline of the mainland behind, a summer storm cloud building above. This is the iconic image of the Canadian Shield in its most distilled form: rock, pine, water, sky, and the particular light of a threatening afternoon in August. Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece, and the medium is ideal for