Cardinals on Rosehip Bush — Gallery Canvas aquatic the different palette of Maritime

the different palette of Maritime light all read in the painting

its round head and outsized yellow eyes filling the frame

his hummingbird paintings are among the most beloved in his bird catalogue

Glen's young-animal compositions are among the most beloved in his catalogue

painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio

Cardinals on Rosehip Bush — Gallery Canvas aquatic the different palette of MaritimeA male and female Cardinal on a bare rosehip bush in late autumn the dried berries dark and clustered, the branches lifted against a softly graded winter sky. The male's red is muted slightly by the cool light, the female's warmth rhyming with the russet of the remaining hips. It is a composition built on exactly the kind of restraint that separates this watercolour from decorative bird art: nothing is brightened beyond what the actual light would