Chipmunk — Giclée on Paper Scientific the vine's foliage caught at

the vine's foliage caught at the turn between summer and early autumn

Glen believed the background was as important as the subject — that an animal pulled from its habitat and placed against a neutral wash was always slightly false

Glen's botanical studies demanded the same field discipline as his wildlife work — close observation

this painting is one of his most dramatically composed raptor works

in the garden

Chipmunk — Giclée on Paper Scientific the vine's foliage caught atA chipmunk among autumn oak leaves maple foliage golden above, dried leaves and blue bittersweet berries scattered on the forest floor below. This 1982 watercolour is characteristic of Glen at his most observational: the chipmunk is almost incidental in its own painting, the forest floor given equal weight and attention. Every leaf is an individual leaf, every twig placed where gravity and autumn decay would place it. Glen believed the background was