Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Framed Piece Mat:Black his goose and waterfowl compositions

his goose and waterfowl compositions span the full breadth of Canada's geography

This 1987 watercolour is an exercise in the particular challenge of painting white animals in white settings: the hares are visible only through their shadows

honey mushrooms cluster at the end of the log

rooted in years of anatomical study at the Royal Ontario Museum

This 1993 watercolour catches the heron in the most difficult moment: the transition from stillness to flight

Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Framed Piece Mat:Black his goose and waterfowl compositionsTwo Ruby crowned Kinglets on a hemlock branch one with the ruby crown patch just visible, both rendered with the fine brush precision that the species demands. The Ruby crowned Kinglet is one of Canada's smallest songbirds, a bird easily overlooked in the field but extraordinarily detailed up close. This 1987 watercolour shows Glen at his finest in the small bird genre: the kinglets are exactly the right size relative to the hemlock branches, the