Cardinals on Rosehip Bush — Gallery Canvas aquatic Glen's young-animal compositions are among

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

A raccoon forages along a stony shore — nose down

its round head and outsized yellow eyes filling the frame

a cottontail rabbit sitting perfectly still

Cardinals on Rosehip Bush — Gallery Canvas aquatic Glen's young-animal compositions are amongA male and female Cardinal on a bare rosehip bush in late autumn the dried berries dark and clustered, the branches lifted against a softly graded winter sky. The male's red is muted slightly by the cool light, the female's warmth rhyming with the russet of the remaining hips. It is a composition built on exactly the kind of restraint that separates this watercolour from decorative bird art: nothing is brightened beyond what the actual light would