Glen painted the grizzly with the same discipline he brought to his quieter subjects — years of study from specimens and field observation
the result a painting that is both scientifically accurate and visually dreamy
a female arriving from above with wings still open
the specific character of the Shield shoreline
a cottontail rabbit sitting perfectly still
Moose — Framed Piece Insects and Butterflies Glen painted the grizzly withA bull moose crashes through a river the massive body at full stride, water exploding from both sides, the palmate antlers still in velvet and already enormous. Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni, from Bon Echo, Frontenac district, Ontario, date October 6, 1939, acquired from the Department of Lands and Forests. The scientific context is part of the painting's identity this is a specific animal from a