Bluebirds In Nest — Giclée on Paper Print Size:8" x 8" including the red eye catching

including the red eye catching the light

requires complete confidence in the handling of the watercolour

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

This is Glen working in pure abstraction of natural form: no animal

Glen painted ducklings with the same completeness he gave all his young-animal subjects: the specific downy texture of newly hatched birds

Bluebirds In Nest — Giclée on Paper Print Size:8" x 8" including the red eye catchingA 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