Violet — Bag Size:18" x 18" The simplicity is deliberate —

The simplicity is deliberate — Glen stripped away everything except the animal and the few autumn elements that define its world

acquired from the Department of Lands and Forests

This desert subject demonstrates how completely his methodology transferred: the same close observation from specimens and the field

the background dissolved to a soft blue

the whole composition suggesting movement and altitude without a single distracting element

Violet — Bag Size:18" x 18" The simplicity is deliberate —A violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet