Barn Swallows — Gallery Canvas Mammals water exploding from both sides

water exploding from both sides

and this raccoon kit is one of the finest — the combination of charm and behavioral specificity that distinguishes his best work

steep view of the cliffside and forest — tells you exactly how close to the rock he was sitting when he made it

and Glen found it with the coloured pencil medium that allows for the slow

the red face and green head forming the chromatic anchor of the painting

Barn Swallows — Gallery Canvas Mammals water exploding from both sidesThree barn swallows are caught mid hunt against a soft summer sky, mayflies rising on the breeze. Painting birds in flight is one of the hardest things in wildlife art most attempts feel either frozen or false. Glen solved it with watercolour, spending whole afternoons watching the swallows that nested near his Maple, Ontario studio, sketching the same wing positions over and over until the geometry of the dive became second nature. That patience