Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada The trout rises toward the

The trout rises toward the intruder

a summer storm cloud building above

This 1981 watercolour does not sentimentalize the scene: the eagle is not heroic or menacing

the brown-and-white streaked plumage rendered with the fine-brush patience that this tiny bird demands

Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada The trout rises toward theA chipmunk among autumn oak leaves maple foliage golden above, dried leaves and blue bittersweet berries scattered on the forest floor below. This 1982 watercolour is characteristic of Glen at his most observational: the chipmunk is almost incidental in its own painting, the forest floor given equal weight and attention. Every leaf is an individual leaf, every twig placed where gravity and autumn decay would place it. Glen believed the background was