Snowshoe Hare — Gallery Canvas Print Size:18" x 24" Glen observed Mountain Goats in

Glen observed Mountain Goats in the Canadian Rockies at altitude — the ease with which these animals move across near-vertical rock is extraordinary

Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece

Glen's botanical studies demanded the same field discipline as his wildlife work — close observation

the way the animal uses its front paws like hands

and behind the treeline a single purple hill under a building cloud

Snowshoe Hare — Gallery Canvas Print Size:18" x 24" Glen observed Mountain Goats inTwo Snowshoe Hares in winter white one alert and upright, one crouched low in its form, both completely camouflaged against the snow they sit on. 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, the slight warmth of their fur against the cooler white of the snow, the dark eyes and ear tips that give them away. Glen mastered the painting of