Violet — Bag Size:18" x 18" and the loose gestural marks

and the loose gestural marks that suggest ice-encrusted branches without labouring them

The hibiscus flower is painted with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the soft salmon-pink of the petals

his graphite wildlife portraits are among the finest in the Canadian tradition

acquired from the Department of Lands and Forests

the composition spare and completely assured

Violet — Bag Size:18" x 18" and the loose gestural marksA violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet