Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife The hibiscus flower is painted

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

where the same observational discipline he brought to wildlife was turned toward the wildflowers of the Ontario countryside he knew by foot and season

the vertical bars of the muskie's flank vivid against the green of the water

one of Glen's favoured mediums for smaller wildlife studies where he wanted the texture of the paper to work with the subject's coat

his female just inside — her eye visible in the shadow of the cavity

Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife The hibiscus flower is paintedA 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