Eastern Gray Squirrels — Giclée on Paper Print Size:17.5" x 20" Glen believed the background was

Glen believed the background was as important as the subject — that an animal pulled from its habitat and placed against a neutral wash was always slightly false

and placed his cardinals honestly within it

A Spotted Owl — the old-growth specialist

perfectly camouflaged against the dappled forest floor

Eastern Gray Squirrels — Giclée on Paper Print Size:17.5" x 20" Glen believed the background wasTwo Eastern Gray Squirrels in a massive autumn oak one grey, one black (the melanistic form common in Ontario), both navigating the great forking branches of a tree that Glen rendered with the same attention he gave the animals. This 1984 watercolour is one of his most architecturally ambitious compositions: the oak's bark and branch structure take up most of the canvas, the remaining autumn leaves carefully placed, the squirrels integrated into the