Cottage Visitor — Framed Piece Horizontal the blue hill in the

the blue hill in the background — it is a view from any number of back roads in Simcoe or Grey County

painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio

The mouse's posture — upright

the way a single species can carry so much ecological meaning

The fox's vivid orange coat against the pale winter field is compositionally bold and completely accurate

Cottage Visitor — Framed Piece Horizontal the blue hill in theA chipmunk has found the cottage deck table it sits between the terracotta pots, surrounded by spilled peanuts, cheerfully indifferent to its status as an uninvited guest. The flowers in the pots are painted with the same botanical care Glen brought to his wildflower studies: geraniums, portulaca, chives in bloom. The weathered cedar deck, the summer light, the garden in the background this is a summer afternoon in Ontario, the kind anyone who has