Blue Jays — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag A Common Loon at the

A Common Loon at the nest — the adult in full breeding plumage

its long spurs evolved to exclude all but the longest bills

trilliums and violets around it

made specific by the quality of attention Glen brought to it

Blue Jays — Giclée on Paper Tote Bag A Common Loon at theTwo blue jays hold their ground in an oak tree as the first snow of autumn dusts the remaining leaves. The composition captures a specific Canadian moment that brief overlap when the last of the fall colour and the first winter snow exist together. Glen rendered the jays' electric blue against the tawny copper of the oak leaves with the kind of chromatic confidence that only comes from painting the same birds, in the same season, year after year. Blue