Calgary Foothills — Framed Piece Square completely indifferent to the cloud

completely indifferent to the cloud of bees rising around it

his bird-and-botanical spring compositions are among his most beloved and widely collected works

its white petals as precisely rendered as the fawn's spots

Glen's butterfly studies occupy a distinct place in his catalogue — smaller in scale than his mammal or bird work

the texture inherent in the medium

Calgary Foothills — Framed Piece Square completely indifferent to the cloudThe Rocky Mountains rise behind a wide open Alberta foothills sky bare poplars in the foreground, a farmstead just visible in the middle distance, and in the far distance the permanent white of snow capped peaks under a vault of luminous cloud. This is the scale of the Canadian west rendered in coloured pencil, a medium that gives the piece its characteristic warmth the purple blue of the distant hills, the pale gold of winter grass. Glen made