Barn Swallows — Framed Piece autopostr_pinterest_76101 the country lies beneath

the country lies beneath

the green of the surrounding grasses building through layered marks toward the yellow-gold of the centre

the streaked breast

the clean white tip of the felled birch behind it

Eastern Bluebirds — the male's deep cerulean blue and warm russet breast among the most vivid plumage combinations in Ontario's bird life — rendered with the precision Glen brought to all his bird subjects

Barn Swallows — Framed Piece autopostr_pinterest_76101 the country lies beneathThree barn swallows are caught mid hunt against a soft summer sky, mayflies rising on the breeze. Painting birds in flight is one of the hardest things in wildlife art most attempts feel either frozen or false. Glen solved it with watercolour, spending whole afternoons watching the swallows that nested near his Maple, Ontario studio, sketching the same wing positions over and over until the geometry of the dive became second nature. That patience