Fringed Polygala — Framed Piece Insects and Butterflies Collectors who own the earlier

Collectors who own the earlier print of this image will recognize the subject immediately

as are the ear tufts

the coloured pencil medium giving it a light that watercolour would have handled more austerely

the red eye vivid

Indian Pipe — Monotropa uniflora — painted from a living specimen in the Chippawa area of northern Quebec

Fringed Polygala — Framed Piece Insects and Butterflies Collectors who own the earlierFringed Polygala in full bloom the vivid magenta pink flowers luminous against the deep green of the surrounding forest floor vegetation. This botanical study is one of Glen's most richly coloured: the Polygala's unusual flower form, with its wing petals and fringed crest, is rendered with complete accuracy, while the atmospheric blue green background gives the whole composition a jewel like intensity. The Fringed Polygala is one of the most beautiful