Cougar — Framed Piece Print Size:30" x 22.5" The painting works because both

The painting works because both subject and setting receive equal treatment: the cedar bark is as specifically observed as the fox's fur

the bird perched on a fence post with the prairie stretching behind it

leaving no room for anything else

the same botanical attention to the plant life surrounding the animal

Cougar — Framed Piece Print Size:30" x 22.5" The painting works because bothA cougar descends a rock face low and deliberate, its mouth slightly open, every muscle of the haunches visible under the tawny coat. The field notes at the bottom of the painting record the specimen: a female from the north end of Vancouver Island, collected in November 1932, now held in the ROM collection. This scientific context is not incidental Glen worked from actual specimens as well as field observation, and the anatomical precision of this