Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers near his feet

near his feet

where he spent decades watching exactly this kind of traffic at exactly this kind of feeder

Glen observed Hooded Mergansers on Ontario's lakes and rivers across all seasons

while below it a snow-covered country scene stretches to the horizon: frozen fields

Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers near his feetA Brown Creeper works its way down a massive cedar trunk the bird almost invisible against the deeply furrowed bark, exactly as nature intended. This is the challenge Glen set himself: to paint a bird whose entire survival strategy is camouflage, without making it disappear from the painting. He solved it by rendering the bark with such meticulous attention to colour and texture that the creeper's subtle plumage becomes legible by contrast. Signed and