Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife his Snowy Owl paintings are

his Snowy Owl paintings are among the most celebrated and widely collected in his catalogue

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

the light seemingly coming from within the green — gives the piece a quality unlike his later

Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece

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

Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife his Snowy Owl paintings areA 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