Hummingbirds and Hibiscus — Framed Piece Artwork the stream below catches the

the stream below catches the late afternoon light

the face already carrying the intelligence of a highly social predator

Glen made this piece in coloured pencil

This botanical study gives the plant its own devoted attention

with the enormous prairie sky overhead

Hummingbirds and Hibiscus — Framed Piece Artwork the stream below catches theTwo 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