Mourning Dove — Gallery Canvas Flowers and Plants a damselfly perched at the

a damselfly perched at the top

the location

The open country behind the bird — fence line

no distracting background

This is a 1988 watercolour and one of Glen's finest single-bird compositions: the goose fills the upper half of the painting

Mourning Dove — Gallery Canvas Flowers and Plants a damselfly perched at theA Mourning Dove nests among rhododendron branches the warm buff brown plumage pressed close to the ground, the iridescent neck patch just visible, the bird completely still in the specific stillness of an incubating bird. This 1986 watercolour is a study in patient attention: the dove is fully aware of the observer but committed to the nest. The rhododendron leaves and fallen petals are rendered with botanical precision. Glen observed nesting birds