Elf Owl — Giclée on Paper Watercolor the golden stamens

the golden stamens

The skunk's confidence is part of the painting's character: this is an animal that knows no predator will approach it

he was filling sketchbooks with anatomical studies done from skin specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum

a pine branch arches overhead

red and orange maples visible through the cedar trunks

Elf Owl — Giclée on Paper Watercolor the golden stamensThe world's smallest owl perches on a saguaro cactus in full bloom the bird compact and round eyed among the cactus spines, a saguaro flower just to its right, a small beetle visible on the cactus surface below. This 1973 watercolour is Glen at his most naturalist: the elf owl, the saguaro, and the Sonoran Desert flora are rendered with the same observational precision he brought to his Canadian subjects. Glen's interest in wildlife was never limited