Grackles — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:White old-growth character — is part

old-growth character — is part of the painting's meaning as well as its composition

each colour zone placed exactly where it falls on the actual bird

as are the ear tufts

Cardinals in winter were a subject Glen returned to across his career

Grackles — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:White old-growth character — is partTwo Common Grackles in a tropical tree one high on a branch singing, long tail fanned, the other hanging below among the broad leaves. The graphite study is from 1985, and the setting plumeria flowers at left, large tropical foliage suggests an observation made on one of Glen's working trips outside Canada. The rendering is exact: the grackle's iridescent plumage is suggested even in graphite through the careful modulation of tone. Drawing was the