Ruby Crowned Kinglet - Tote Bag waves the rest of the tree

the rest of the tree is still summer green

Where the Cougar painting demonstrates anatomical power and formal authority

There is a story behind this painting that no other gallery can tell

which is how we most often encounter Red-tails in the field

Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni

Ruby Crowned Kinglet - Tote Bag waves the rest of the treeTwo 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