Meadow Lark — Framed Piece Artwork the red cherries brilliant against

the red cherries brilliant against the turning autumn leaves

the feeder he filled

He observed them extensively near his Ontario studio and captured something essential in their character that more dramatic wildlife subjects don't always permit

the forest floor given equal weight and attention

This is not a North American subject: the Purple Heron is a European and African species

Meadow Lark — Framed Piece Artwork the red cherries brilliant againstA Western Meadowlark the vivid yellow breast with its black chevron catching the morning light, the bird perched on a fence post with the prairie stretching behind it. Glen brought the same anatomical precision to the Meadowlark as to his Ontario birds, the specific arrangement of the breast streaking and the yellow below rendered without shortcut. The open country behind the bird fence line, grasses, distant sky places it exactly where this bird