Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:Black the rosette pattern of a

the rosette pattern of a species Glen would have studied both from photographs and from specimens

no sky — just the leaves themselves as a compositional subject

a dense wall of hardwoods to the right

the dark pools between them catching the sky

Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:Black the rosette pattern of aTwo Ruby crowned Kinglets on a hemlock branch one with the ruby crown patch just visible, both rendered with the fine brush precision that the species demands. The Ruby crowned Kinglet is one of Canada's smallest songbirds, a bird easily overlooked in the field but extraordinarily detailed up close. This 1987 watercolour shows Glen at his finest in the small bird genre: the kinglets are exactly the right size relative to the hemlock branches, the