Chipmunk and Acorns — Gallery Canvas square-scarf Glen painted roadside wildflower communities

Glen painted roadside wildflower communities — the mixed-species assemblages that grow along Ontario back roads in July — with the awareness of someone who had stopped to look at them carefully

Two more crows are specks in the far background

The Trumpet Vine is co-evolved with hummingbirds

private joke between a father and his son

This 1964 painting is one of Glen's most atmospheric and painterly early works: the botanical subject treated with an impressionistic freedom that became rarer as his technique matured

Chipmunk and Acorns — Gallery Canvas square-scarf Glen painted roadside wildflower communitiesA single chipmunk on a fallen oak leaf, cheeks not yet stuffed, regarding the viewer with one bright eye while an acorn sits at its feet. The simplicity is deliberate Glen stripped away everything except the animal and the few autumn elements that define its world. The watercolour is tight and confident, the chipmunk's striped coat rendered with the fine brush control that made his small mammal studies exceptional. Glen had a particular affection for