Lac Cardinal Peace River — Framed Piece Print Size:9" x 12" the banded tail

the banded tail

the notation that this was painted at actual size from a living plant

not looking at them from outside

the light filtering through bare branches above

A male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle — wings spread

Lac Cardinal Peace River — Framed Piece Print Size:9" x 12" the banded tailGold aspens on the bank of Lac Cardinal on the Peace River the trunks white against the yellow canopy, the lake visible through the trees, the far shore just a blue line across the water. This 1992 coloured pencil landscape is one of Glen's most luminous autumn pieces: the aspens at peak colour, the light coming through the leaves rather than off them, the whole composition built from the interplay of white bark, gold foliage, and blue water. Glen