Calgary Foothills — Gallery Canvas Print Size:10.5" x 14" The dotted plumage is rendered

The dotted plumage is rendered with the fine-brush patience that distinguishes his bird watercolours

more naturalistic rendering of the scene as Glen first observed it

He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose botanical range extended from wildflowers to exotic and unusual specimens

wings still spread wide

The two birds allow a comparison of postures: the hovering bird's wings blurred with motion

Calgary Foothills — Gallery Canvas Print Size:10.5" x 14" The dotted plumage is renderedThe Rocky Mountains rise behind a wide open Alberta foothills sky bare poplars in the foreground, a farmstead just visible in the middle distance, and in the far distance the permanent white of snow capped peaks under a vault of luminous cloud. This is the scale of the Canadian west rendered in coloured pencil, a medium that gives the piece its characteristic warmth the purple blue of the distant hills, the pale gold of winter grass. Glen made