Beavers — Framed Piece Wildlife pink lateral band

pink lateral band

This botanical study gives the plant its own devoted attention

the particular blue of distant hills under a July sky

the electric yellow of the breeding male almost incandescent against the soft blue-green atmospheric background

the whole scene lit with the soft blue and gold of a northern morning

Beavers — Framed Piece Wildlife pink lateral bandTwo beavers one feeding, one stretched up to pull a willow branch closer caught in the soft light of a summer afternoon, surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves. Glen made this watercolour at the height of his powers, when his technique was loose enough to feel atmospheric and tight enough to render every individual hair on the beaver's coat. Of course Canada's national animal would attract him. Glen worked from sketches and observation done over