Cottage Visitor — Framed Piece Horizontal painted when Glen could observe

painted when Glen could observe the cardinals that frequented the trees near his Ontario studio

The fox's vivid orange coat against the pale winter field is compositionally bold and completely accurate

The mouse's posture — upright

in the kind of light that only exists for a few weeks in a northern summer

The adult's reflection in the water

Cottage Visitor — Framed Piece Horizontal painted when Glen could observeA chipmunk has found the cottage deck table it sits between the terracotta pots, surrounded by spilled peanuts, cheerfully indifferent to its status as an uninvited guest. The flowers in the pots are painted with the same botanical care Glen brought to his wildflower studies: geraniums, portulaca, chives in bloom. The weathered cedar deck, the summer light, the garden in the background this is a summer afternoon in Ontario, the kind anyone who has