Eastern Gray Squirrels — Framed Piece Original the tawny centres

the tawny centres

requires complete confidence in the handling of the watercolour

Shooting Stars is one of his most distinctive and atmospherically ambitious early botanical works

Glen's butterfly studies occupy a distinct place in his catalogue — smaller in scale than his mammal or bird work

where he could watch the small domestic moments — like the one captured here — that nature documentaries rarely catch

Eastern Gray Squirrels — Framed Piece Original the tawny centresTwo Eastern Gray Squirrels in a massive autumn oak one grey, one black (the melanistic form common in Ontario), both navigating the great forking branches of a tree that Glen rendered with the same attention he gave the animals. This 1984 watercolour is one of his most architecturally ambitious compositions: the oak's bark and branch structure take up most of the canvas, the remaining autumn leaves carefully placed, the squirrels integrated into the