Hummingbirds and Hibiscus — Framed Piece feathers A summer afternoon at Drag

A summer afternoon at Drag Lake — the viewer placed among the trees on the bank

and four small birds going about the business of surviving a Canadian winter

in the orchard — and painted them at all seasons

the animal's alert attention — it is watching something outside the frame — giving the composition its tension

and the cornfield — the specific texture of frozen stubble

Hummingbirds and Hibiscus — Framed Piece feathers A summer afternoon at DragTwo Ruby throated Hummingbirds at a hibiscus one hovering before an open bloom below, the other perched on a stem above watching. The hibiscus flower is painted with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the soft salmon pink of the petals, the columnar stamen, the hibiscus leaves with their insect damage intact. The hummingbirds are painted at different scales the hovering bird farther away, smaller; the perched bird close