Raccoon — Framed Piece Frame:Black Glen worked from actual Red

Glen worked from actual Red Fox specimens in the Royal Ontario Museum collection

A tiger in close portrait — the face filling most of the canvas

and the medium is ideal for the subject — the texture of the lichen on the granite

sturdy enough for groceries

Glen gave it the full complexity of a portrait subject — the specific character of this particular pine

Raccoon — Framed Piece Frame:Black Glen worked from actual RedA raccoon forages along a stony shore nose down, hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge. The bushy ringed tail is raised; the mask is pressed close to the stones. This is raccoon behaviour rendered with complete accuracy: the tactile foraging style, the way the animal uses its front paws like hands, the specific posture of an animal hunting by touch as much as sight. Glen observed raccoons extensively at Ontario