Loon — Framed Piece Landscapes Glen worked from sketches and

Glen worked from sketches and observation done over multiple seasons at active beaver lodges in Ontario

the kingfisher's waterproof plumage still shedding droplets — both are painted from direct study

shaped by exposure

He observed them extensively near his Ontario studio and captured something essential in their character that more dramatic wildlife subjects don't always permit

fireflies flickering in the surrounding air

Loon — Framed Piece Landscapes Glen worked from sketches andA Common Loon on a still summer lake the breeding plumage in its full precision, the red eye vivid, the iridescent green head reflecting the light. Glen returned to the loon as a subject across his career, drawn back to it by the same quality that makes it Canada's most iconic bird: the combination of extraordinary beauty and the haunting call that defines summer in the Canadian north for anyone who has spent time on a lake. This loon portrait carries