Blue Jays — Gallery Canvas ducks Glen's waterfowl studies extended beyond

Glen's waterfowl studies extended beyond the common species to the more seldom-seen

A Phalaenopsis orchid — two blooms open on an arching stem

The anatomical precision in the wing patterning and crest is the result of years of close study — he knew these birds the way a neighbour knows a face

the other slicing deeper below

cheeks not yet stuffed

Blue Jays — Gallery Canvas ducks Glen's waterfowl studies extended beyondTwo blue jays hold their ground in an oak tree as the first snow of autumn dusts the remaining leaves. The composition captures a specific Canadian moment that brief overlap when the last of the fall colour and the first winter snow exist together. Glen rendered the jays' electric blue against the tawny copper of the oak leaves with the kind of chromatic confidence that only comes from painting the same birds, in the same season, year after year. Blue