Moose — Framed Piece Insects and Butterflies neck extended

neck extended

the rosette pattern of a species Glen would have studied both from photographs and from specimens

a cottontail rabbit sitting perfectly still

the whole scene is painted from the window of Glen's Maple

A Common Loon with two chicks riding on its back — the parent's brilliant summer plumage rendered in full detail

Moose — Framed Piece Insects and Butterflies neck extendedA bull moose crashes through a river the massive body at full stride, water exploding from both sides, the palmate antlers still in velvet and already enormous. Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni, from Bon Echo, Frontenac district, Ontario, date October 6, 1939, acquired from the Department of Lands and Forests. The scientific context is part of the painting's identity this is a specific animal from a