Eastern Gray Squirrels — Framed Piece Original the layered depth of the

the layered depth of the sky can all be built up in coloured pencil in a way that rewards the closest viewing

not a generic tree

no distracting background

Glen's butterfly studies occupy a distinct place in his catalogue — smaller in scale than his mammal or bird work

Shooting Stars is one of his most distinctive and atmospherically ambitious early botanical works

Eastern Gray Squirrels — Framed Piece Original the layered depth of theTwo Eastern Gray Squirrels in a massive autumn oak one grey, one black (the melanistic form common in Ontario), both navigating the great forking branches of a tree that Glen rendered with the same attention he gave the animals. This 1984 watercolour is one of his most architecturally ambitious compositions: the oak's bark and branch structure take up most of the canvas, the remaining autumn leaves carefully placed, the squirrels integrated into the