Lac Cardinal, Peace River — Bag Insects and Butterflies a pine branch arches overhead

a pine branch arches overhead

A Red Fox moves through a winter cedar wood — the orange of the fox vivid against the snow

This 1987 watercolour is an exercise in the particular challenge of painting white animals in white settings: the hares are visible only through their shadows

the grasshopper's wing venation visible

Lac Cardinal, Peace River — Bag Insects and Butterflies a pine branch arches overheadGold aspens on the bank of Lac Cardinal on the Peace River the trunks white against the yellow canopy, the lake visible through the trees, the far shore just a blue line across the water. This 1992 coloured pencil landscape is one of Glen's most luminous autumn pieces: the aspens at peak colour, the light coming through the leaves rather than off them, the whole composition built from the interplay of white bark, gold foliage, and blue water. Glen