Goldfinch — Gallery Canvas Oil He is a member of

He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

It is the kind of scene any Canadian who has paddled north in late September knows by heart

all rendered with the same care he gave his large mammals

5" wood frame

The violet was one of Glen's most frequently revisited wildflower subjects — it appears as a companion in his fawn paintings

Goldfinch — Gallery Canvas Oil He is a member ofA male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle wings spread, the electric yellow of the breeding male almost incandescent against the soft blue green atmospheric background. Thistle seeds drift in the air around it; a companion flower opens at centre. This 1970 watercolour is one of Glen's most chromatically confident pieces: that particular cadmium yellow green of the male in June is one of the hardest colours to render