Wild Columbine — Giclée on Paper Canvas Prints The thistle is rendered with

The thistle is rendered with the botanical precision Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the spiny bracts

the composition spare and completely assured

gives this piece a quality of intimate observation

The red berries on the bare branches to the right are the painting's only warm accent

the African evening announced

Wild Columbine — Giclée on Paper Canvas Prints The thistle is rendered withWild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis the native columbine of eastern Canadian woodlands, with its distinctive nodding red and yellow flowers. This botanical study renders the columbine's complex flower structure with complete accuracy: the five long red spurs, the yellow petal tips, the protruding stamens that give the flower its characteristic fringed appearance. The columbine appears in Glen's hummingbird compositions as the habitat plant; here it