The Apple Orchard — Giclée on Paper Artwork and coloured pencil — applying

and coloured pencil — applying a luminous green-and-gold background that lifts the figure off the page

the chipmunk's striped coat rendered with the fine-brush control that made his small mammal studies exceptional

the dished face

The coloured pencil medium builds the blue-white of winter snow with a softness that suits the subject's quietude

the snow surface carrying the blue shadows of the sparse winter light

The Apple Orchard — Giclée on Paper Artwork and coloured pencil — applyingAn old apple orchard in late autumn the gnarled trunks and bare branches of mature apple trees, the last of the small apples still clinging, the orchard floor deep in fallen leaves. This is a landscape painting about time and endurance: these trees are old, they have borne fruit for decades, and Glen gave them the same attention he would give a large animal the specific character of each trunk, the way the branches divide and divide again, the texture