Wild Columbine — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:Black the blue-grey of the wings

the blue-grey of the wings

The fleshy leaves

The composition is vertical and dramatic — the trunk fills most of the canvas

luminous watercolour washes for the atmospheric background and tighter

dramatic takeoffs

Wild Columbine — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:Black the blue-grey of the wingsWild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis the native columbine of eastern Canadian woodlands, with its distinctive nodding red and yellow flowers. This botanical study renders the columbine's complex flower structure with complete accuracy: the five long red spurs, the yellow petal tips, the protruding stamens that give the flower its characteristic fringed appearance. The columbine appears in Glen's hummingbird compositions as the habitat plant; here it