Cardinals — Framed Piece Frame:White Queen Anne's Lace and chicory

Queen Anne's Lace and chicory in a summer meadow — the white umbels of the carrot flower at different stages of opening and closing

the rush grasses below suggesting the wetland without cluttering the image

the large dark eye completely trusting

Drawing was the foundation on which all of Glen's painting rested

the specific quality of still dark water in a forested hollow

Cardinals — Framed Piece Frame:White Queen Anne's Lace and chicoryA male and female Cardinal in a summer linden the male's red luminous against the fresh green foliage, the female's warm brown orange blending more carefully with the surrounding leaves. This is a summer watercolour, painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio, the leaves still full and the light falling soft through the canopy. Cardinals in summer present a different challenge than the winter