Hummingbirds And Hibiscus — Giclée on Paper Landscapes his graphite wildlife studies are

his graphite wildlife studies are held in private collections across North America

but the same fundamental discipline applies

Glen's Atlantic coast work carries a different quality from his Ontario landscapes — the salt air

This is Glen in a more painterly mode: less interested in the precise anatomy of the individual bloom than in the quality of light in a chicory meadow at a particular time of day

this early botanical is one of his most distinctive and beloved wildflower works

Hummingbirds And Hibiscus — Giclée on Paper Landscapes his graphite wildlife studies areTwo Ruby throated Hummingbirds at a hibiscus one hovering before an open bloom below, the other perched on a stem above watching. The hibiscus flower is painted with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the soft salmon pink of the petals, the columnar stamen, the hibiscus leaves with their insect damage intact. The hummingbirds are painted at different scales the hovering bird farther away, smaller; the perched bird close