Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers This is a composition that

This is a composition that rewards looking: the more time you spend with it

Glen observed Hooded Mergansers on Ontario's lakes and rivers across all seasons

the cream-coloured paper ground giving the whole composition a warm

near his feet

reflection — everything secondary to the family on the water

Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers This is a composition thatA Brown Creeper works its way down a massive cedar trunk the bird almost invisible against the deeply furrowed bark, exactly as nature intended. This is the challenge Glen set himself: to paint a bird whose entire survival strategy is camouflage, without making it disappear from the painting. He solved it by rendering the bark with such meticulous attention to colour and texture that the creeper's subtle plumage becomes legible by contrast. Signed and