Grizzly Bear — Framed Piece Print Size:24" x 19" near his feet

near his feet

black spruce stand wet and still

This painting knows the subject from the inside

the way they hold their bodies when uncertain

the way the neck shortens as the head drops

Grizzly Bear — Framed Piece Print Size:24" x 19" near his feetA Grizzly Bear on a rocky riverbank mouth open, moving directly toward the viewer, the enormous weight of the animal expressed in every brushstroke. This painting does not soften the grizzly: it is big, it is loud, and it is coming. The hump, the dished face, the dark fur at the legs and paws against the lighter shoulder all of it is anatomically exact and compositionally fearless. Glen painted the grizzly with the same discipline he brought to his