Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Framed Piece Mat:Black the columnar stamen

the columnar stamen

trilliums and violets around it

This 1993 watercolour catches the heron in the most difficult moment: the transition from stillness to flight

rooted in years of anatomical study at the Royal Ontario Museum

and Glen gave the subject the treatment it deserves — the maple canopy rendered in the fresh spring green that best sets off the scarlet plumage

Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Framed Piece Mat:Black the columnar stamenTwo Ruby crowned Kinglets on a hemlock branch one with the ruby crown patch just visible, both rendered with the fine brush precision that the species demands. The Ruby crowned Kinglet is one of Canada's smallest songbirds, a bird easily overlooked in the field but extraordinarily detailed up close. This 1987 watercolour shows Glen at his finest in the small bird genre: the kinglets are exactly the right size relative to the hemlock branches, the