Chipmunk and Woodland Blue Butterfly Enhanced — Framed Piece Oil but finding that same bird

but finding that same bird in green requires subtler chromatic judgment

The tufted ears

There is a story behind this painting that no other gallery can tell

This is not a decorative image

combining the close observation of plant anatomy with the atmospheric quality of a landscape

Chipmunk and Woodland Blue Butterfly Enhanced — Framed Piece Oil but finding that same birdA chipmunk pauses on a moss covered log, watching a Woodland Blue Butterfly drift past. The original watercolour study, executed by Glen in his characteristic patient field style, has here been transformed: Glen returned to the work years later with soft pastel, Chinese white ink, and coloured pencil applying a luminous green and gold background that lifts the figure off the page, and refining the smallest details until every whisker, fern frond, and