Garter Snake and Grasshopper — Framed Piece Frame:Black The watercolour is tight and

The watercolour is tight and confident

The Eastern White Pine — Ontario's provincial tree and one of the most iconic trees in the Canadian landscape — receives here the same detailed attention Glen gave his wildlife subjects

the forms unfamiliar

where he spent weeks at a time observing the land before committing it to paper

Glen's young-animal compositions are among the most beloved in his catalogue

Garter Snake and Grasshopper — Framed Piece Frame:Black The watercolour is tight andA garter snake strikes upward at a grasshopper in mid flight the snake's body coiled on a sandy bank, the yellow striped scales rendered scale by scale, the mouth open wide, the grasshopper's wings spread at the moment of attempted escape. This is one of Glen's earliest known works, signed 1963, and it already demonstrates the observational discipline that would define his career: the snake's anatomy is exact, the grasshopper's wing venation visible.