Garter Snake and Grasshopper — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:White the slight warmth of their

the slight warmth of their fur against the cooler white of the snow

the cygnets' grey a perfect tonal bridge between the white adults and the dark water

The black and grey together in one composition makes a quietly striking point about the range of colour within a single species

is rendered with complete accuracy

The viewer is placed at the lynx's level

Garter Snake and Grasshopper — Gallery Canvas Wrap Color:White the slight warmth of theirA garter snake strikes upward at a grasshopper in mid flight the snake's body coiled on a sandy bank, the yellow striped scales rendered scale by scale, the mouth open wide, the grasshopper's wings spread at the moment of attempted escape. This is one of Glen's earliest known works, signed 1963, and it already demonstrates the observational discipline that would define his career: the snake's anatomy is exact, the grasshopper's wing venation visible.