Northern Tribute — Bag Horizontal Three barn swallows are caught

Three barn swallows are caught mid-hunt against a soft summer sky

the way the needles group and light passes through them: all of it observed and placed with care

his wildlife studies of young animals are among the most loved in his catalogue

Bobbie Kalman

the same careful study from specimens and field observation

Northern Tribute — Bag Horizontal Three barn swallows are caughtA Canadian Shield island in a northern lake a single white pine bent by decades of prevailing wind, the lichen covered granite below it, the dark treeline of the mainland behind, a summer storm cloud building above. This is the iconic image of the Canadian Shield in its most distilled form: rock, pine, water, sky, and the particular light of a threatening afternoon in August. Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece, and the medium is ideal for