Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:Black the dark pools between them

the dark pools between them catching the sky

no sky — just the leaves themselves as a compositional subject

two others resting close together

This 1964 painting is one of Glen's most atmospheric and painterly early works: the botanical subject treated with an impressionistic freedom that became rarer as his technique matured

Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:Black the dark pools between themTwo Ruby crowned Kinglets on a hemlock branch one with the ruby crown patch just visible, both rendered with the fine brush precision that the species demands. The Ruby crowned Kinglet is one of Canada's smallest songbirds, a bird easily overlooked in the field but extraordinarily detailed up close. This 1987 watercolour shows Glen at his finest in the small bird genre: the kinglets are exactly the right size relative to the hemlock branches, the