Into The Shallows — Giclée on Paper Print Size:8" x 7" wings still braking

wings still braking

This painting tells the other half

that particular week in May that feels like the year's most optimistic promise

and red wattles

the African evening announced

Into The Shallows — Giclée on Paper Print Size:8" x 7" wings still brakingA Mallard drake wades into the shallows at the edge of a lake the water so clear that the sandy bottom and the duck's feet are both visible. This 1985 watercolour is deceptively simple: the duck is rendered with complete precision, but what makes the painting extraordinary is the water. Glen captured the way a shallow lake edge holds colour from the sky above and the sand below simultaneously, the ripple patterns on the surface suggesting movement