Cougar — Gallery Canvas water his loon paintings are among

his loon paintings are among the most widely held in Canadian collections

This is Glen's graphite at its most patient

This is one of Glen's most serene compositions: the swans' white completely luminous against the blue of the water

The anatomy is exact — the distinctive thin neck

Glen rendered the fawn's distinctive spotted coat with complete precision: the spots are not decorative but camouflage

Cougar — Gallery Canvas water his loon paintings are amongA cougar descends a rock face low and deliberate, its mouth slightly open, every muscle of the haunches visible under the tawny coat. The field notes at the bottom of the painting record the specimen: a female from the north end of Vancouver Island, collected in November 1932, now held in the ROM collection. This scientific context is not incidental Glen worked from actual specimens as well as field observation, and the anatomical precision of this