Western Capercaillie — Giclée on Paper Canada This is one of Glen's

This is one of Glen's more complex multi-bird compositions

The bare elm behind the feeder is rendered branch by branch

The skunk's confidence is part of the painting's character: this is an animal that knows no predator will approach it

is itself a major achievement in the painting

the antenna

Western Capercaillie — Giclée on Paper Canada This is one of Glen'sA Western Capercaillie the largest of the grouse family, a bird of the old Scots and Scandinavian pine forests painted with the same anatomical precision Glen brought to all his bird subjects. The Capercaillie's extraordinary plumage, with its iridescent green breast, fan tail, and red wattles, is a complex rendering challenge, and Glen met it with the disciplined colour mixing his watercolour technique permitted. This European species sits outside