Hummingbirds And Hibiscus — Giclée on Paper Landscapes the yellow eyes

the yellow eyes

Glen's Atlantic coast work carries a different quality from his Ontario landscapes — the salt air

but the same fundamental discipline applies

the outcome is suspended

Hummingbirds And Hibiscus — Giclée on Paper Landscapes the yellow eyesTwo Ruby throated Hummingbirds at a hibiscus one hovering before an open bloom below, the other perched on a stem above watching. The hibiscus flower is painted with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the soft salmon pink of the petals, the columnar stamen, the hibiscus leaves with their insect damage intact. The hummingbirds are painted at different scales the hovering bird farther away, smaller; the perched bird close