Harlequin Ducks — Gallery Canvas BFCM all three orientated in slightly

all three orientated in slightly different directions with the alert

Three goldfinches work through a thistle patch — a male feeding on a spent seedhead at left

demanding one

The pastel background wash lifts the beaver off the page while keeping the mood quiet and unhurried

signed faintly and on verso titled and dated

Harlequin Ducks — Gallery Canvas BFCM all three orientated in slightlyHarlequin Ducks on a fast moving stream the male's extraordinary plumage of slate blue, chestnut, and white markings rendered with the same precision Glen brought to all his waterfowl subjects. These are birds of turbulent water, built for cold mountain streams and breaking surf, and Glen captured their specific physicality: the way they sit low in the water, the male's almost heraldic patterning that looks more designed than evolved. Glen's waterfowl