Raccoon Baby — Bag Insects and Butterflies the white chest visible below

the white chest visible below

Glen observed raccoons extensively at Ontario lakeshores and riverbanks

He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose watercolour wildlife studies set the standard for the form in Canada

the way the animal uses its front paws like hands

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

Raccoon Baby — Bag Insects and Butterflies the white chest visible belowA young raccoon sits at a pond's edge among pickerelweed the juvenile plumage still fluffy, the mask already distinct, the animal regarding the viewer with the alert curiosity of a young mammal encountering something new. A leopard frog sits at the lower right, barely visible but precisely rendered. The pickerelweed behind the kit is botanically exact another wetland species given its due. This painting brings together two classic Ontario pond species