Jaguar Cub — Framed Piece Mammals A male American Goldfinch at

A male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle — wings spread

Glen solved it with watercolour

This is Glen at his most intimate — the subject small enough to sit in your palm

The anatomy is exact — the distinctive thin neck

Jaguar Cub — Framed Piece Mammals A male American Goldfinch atA jaguar cub in the rainforest canopy draped over a branch, watching the viewer from between hanging vines and broad tropical leaves still wet with rain. The rosette patterning of the cub's coat is rendered with absolute precision: the black rings, the tawny centres, the white chest visible below. A woolly caterpillar on the branch beside the cub adds the note of scale that makes the painting work compositionally. Glen painted big cat cubs with a