Grackles — Giclée on Paper Insects and Butterflies the saguaro

the saguaro

not a generic tree

The Golden Eagle presented a particular challenge — the scale of it

luminous watercolour washes for the atmospheric background and tighter

This is the unenhanced version of the subject — the original watercolour study without the luminous pastel background of the Enhanced edition

Grackles — Giclée on Paper Insects and Butterflies the saguaroTwo Common Grackles in a tropical tree one high on a branch singing, long tail fanned, the other hanging below among the broad leaves. The graphite study is from 1985, and the setting plumeria flowers at left, large tropical foliage suggests an observation made on one of Glen's working trips outside Canada. The rendering is exact: the grackle's iridescent plumage is suggested even in graphite through the careful modulation of tone. Drawing was the