Elf Owl — Giclée on Paper Watercolor A chipmunk has found the

A chipmunk has found the cottage deck table — it sits between the terracotta pots

he was filling sketchbooks with anatomical studies done from skin specimens at the Royal Ontario Museum

the enormous snowshoe paws sinking only slightly into the drifted surface

Glen's willingness to study and paint species from outside his home territory reflects a scientific discipline that extended beyond nationalism: he painted the species that interested him

where he could watch the small domestic moments — like the one captured here — that nature documentaries rarely catch

Elf Owl — Giclée on Paper Watercolor A chipmunk has found theThe world's smallest owl perches on a saguaro cactus in full bloom the bird compact and round eyed among the cactus spines, a saguaro flower just to its right, a small beetle visible on the cactus surface below. This 1973 watercolour is Glen at his most naturalist: the elf owl, the saguaro, and the Sonoran Desert flora are rendered with the same observational precision he brought to his Canadian subjects. Glen's interest in wildlife was never limited