Loon with Young — Giclée on Paper Enhanced in the kind of light

in the kind of light that only exists for a few weeks in a northern summer

the way Glen often worked when he wanted the viewer to meet an animal eye to eye

leaning slightly

the surrounding grasses loosely handled to keep attention on the face

this autumn leaf composition is one of his most distinctive and formally inventive works

Loon with Young — Giclée on Paper Enhanced in the kind of lightA Common Loon at the nest the adult in full breeding plumage, two grey chicks at the water's edge beside the nest, the reflection of the loon's iridescent head visible in the still shallows. This 1985 watercolour is a more intimate and habitat specific composition than the open water loon paintings: the nest location, the cattail roots, the lily pads at lower right all precisely observed. The adult's reflection in the water, including the red eye