Cottage Visitor — Framed Piece Horizontal the postures specific and alive

the postures specific and alive

the way a single species can carry so much ecological meaning

the lichen-covered tundra rock below providing the only warm colour in the painting

in the kind of light that only exists for a few weeks in a northern summer

The adult's reflection in the water

Cottage Visitor — Framed Piece Horizontal the postures specific and aliveA chipmunk has found the cottage deck table it sits between the terracotta pots, surrounded by spilled peanuts, cheerfully indifferent to its status as an uninvited guest. The flowers in the pots are painted with the same botanical care Glen brought to his wildflower studies: geraniums, portulaca, chives in bloom. The weathered cedar deck, the summer light, the garden in the background this is a summer afternoon in Ontario, the kind anyone who has