Hawkweed — Framed Piece Oil and the choice serves the

and the choice serves the subject well: the layered pencil marks build the mountain's geological surface texture in a way wet media cannot

the apex predator of the Canadian night forest

the whole composition suggesting movement and altitude without a single distracting element

This 1987 watercolour is a study in the dramatic sexual dimorphism of the species: the male's crest is one of the most theatrical displays in North American waterfowl

the light filtering through bare branches above

Hawkweed — Framed Piece Oil and the choice serves theOrange Hawkweed against a luminous green summer meadow the flowers vivid and almost diffuse at the edges, the green of the surrounding grasses building through layered marks toward the yellow gold of the centre. A honeybee is just visible at the top. This 1964 painting is one of Glen's most atmospheric and painterly early works: the botanical subject treated with an impressionistic freedom that became rarer as his technique matured. Hawkweed was one