Chicories — Framed Piece Mat:White the foreground all rock and

the foreground all rock and tidal life

his waterfowl studies are prized in collections across North America

and he met the challenge with a soft

his butterfly and insect studies demonstrate the breadth of his observational range

This 1964 painting is one of Glen's most atmospheric and painterly early works: the botanical subject treated with an impressionistic freedom that became rarer as his technique matured

Chicories — Framed Piece Mat:White the foreground all rock andChicory blooms against a soft blue green field the petals almost luminous, the overall composition atmospheric rather than botanical, the flowers dissolving at the edges into the haze of a late summer afternoon. This is Glen in a more painterly mode: less interested in the precise anatomy of the individual bloom than in the quality of light in a chicory meadow at a particular time of day. Chicory was a subject that appealed to Glen's sense of colour