Orchid — Giclée on Paper square-scarf It is the kind of

It is the kind of scene any Canadian who has paddled north in late September knows by heart

The Red Columbine — Aquilegia canadensis — is rendered with the same botanical precision Glen brought to all his wildflower subjects: the pendant flowers

positioned to break up the fawn's outline in dappled light

A woolly caterpillar on the branch beside the cub adds the note of scale that makes the painting work compositionally

Two Monarch Butterflies on a milkweed plant — the larger one with wings fully open showing the iconic orange-and-black patterning

Orchid — Giclée on Paper square-scarf It is the kind ofA Phalaenopsis orchid two blooms open on an arching stem, the pink petals precisely veined, the labellum orange yellow at centre, the plant rooted in a pad of Spanish moss. This 1994 coloured pencil botanical study is one of Glen's most elegant: the vertical composition of the single arching stem with its two flowers uses the negative space around it as deliberately as any formal arrangement. The colouring is both botanically exact and visually