mayflies rising on the breeze
Cardinals in summer present a different challenge than the winter compositions Glen is better known for: the red of the male against snow is dramatic contrast
the face already carrying the intelligence of a highly social predator
the venation of the wings
A male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle — wings spread
Moose — Giclée on Paper Cat mayflies rising on the breezeA bull moose crashes through a river the massive body at full stride, water exploding from both sides, the palmate antlers still in velvet and already enormous. Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni, from Bon Echo, Frontenac district, Ontario, date October 6, 1939, acquired from the Department of Lands and Forests. The scientific context is part of the painting's identity this is a specific animal from a