Cardinals — Framed Piece Frame:White the rush grasses below suggesting

the rush grasses below suggesting the wetland without cluttering the image

with its olive back

confident touch that gives this piece its unusual quality

Glen brought the same anatomical precision to the Meadowlark as to his Ontario birds

Drawing was the foundation on which all of Glen's painting rested

Cardinals — Framed Piece Frame:White the rush grasses below suggestingA male and female Cardinal in a summer linden the male's red luminous against the fresh green foliage, the female's warm brown orange blending more carefully with the surrounding leaves. This is a summer watercolour, painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio, the leaves still full and the light falling soft through the canopy. Cardinals in summer present a different challenge than the winter