Mourning Dove — Giclée on Paper Artwork head turns

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and this is the definitive statement of that subject

This is one of Glen's most sophisticated winter landscape-and-animal compositions: the fox placed in a specific habitat

But this piece belongs to a different category

his waterfowl paintings are prized in collections across North America

Mourning Dove — Giclée on Paper Artwork head turnsA Mourning Dove nests among rhododendron branches the warm buff brown plumage pressed close to the ground, the iridescent neck patch just visible, the bird completely still in the specific stillness of an incubating bird. This 1986 watercolour is a study in patient attention: the dove is fully aware of the observer but committed to the nest. The rhododendron leaves and fallen petals are rendered with botanical precision. Glen observed nesting birds