Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife Glen worked in coloured pencil

Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece

one of Glen's favoured mediums for smaller wildlife studies where he wanted the texture of the paper to work with the subject's coat

his Snowy Owl paintings are among the most celebrated and widely collected in his catalogue

and the cornfield — the specific texture of frozen stubble

demanding the kind of close observation he devoted his career to

Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife Glen worked in coloured pencilA 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