Orchid — Framed Piece Frame:White This mystical masterpiece

This mystical masterpiece

A clump of purple violets in full spring bloom — the heart-shaped leaves dense and fresh

the autumn colour more golden and less varied

the whole composition suggesting movement and altitude without a single distracting element

Orchid — Framed Piece Frame:White This mystical masterpieceA Phalaenopsis orchid two blooms open on an arching stem, the pink petals precisely veined, the labellum orange yellow at centre, the plant rooted in a pad of Spanish moss. This 1994 coloured pencil botanical study is one of Glen's most elegant: the vertical composition of the single arching stem with its two flowers uses the negative space around it as deliberately as any formal arrangement. The colouring is both botanically exact and visually