Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife where the same observational discipline

where the same observational discipline he brought to wildlife was turned toward the wildflowers of the Ontario countryside he knew by foot and season

The hibiscus flower is painted with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the soft salmon-pink of the petals

and the cornfield — the specific texture of frozen stubble

demanding the kind of close observation he devoted his career to

The bare elm behind the feeder is rendered branch by branch

Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife where the same observational disciplineA violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet