Bluebirds In Nest — Giclée on Paper Print Size:8" x 8" his bird-and-botanical compositions in watercolour

his bird-and-botanical compositions in watercolour and coloured pencil are among the most technically accomplished and widely collected in his catalogue

Glen rendered the intricate patterning with the same fine-brush patience he brought to his larger owl portraits

but the same methodology applies: careful specimen study

Most landscape paintings show you autumn from across a field

Bluebirds In Nest — Giclée on Paper Print Size:8" x 8" his bird-and-botanical compositions in watercolourA male Eastern Bluebird perches at the entrance of a hollow fence post, his female just inside her eye visible in the shadow of the cavity, the nest below her. This is one of Glen's earliest and most intimate bird studies, painted in 1965 when he was already demonstrating the close observational eye that would define his career. The weathered wood of the post is rendered with the same attention he gave to the birds themselves every grain, split, and