Over the Hills and Far Away — Gallery Canvas NEW A Crimson Cattleya Orchid in

A Crimson Cattleya Orchid in full bloom — the magenta-pink petals large and ruffled

the lateral petals with their basal hairs

the proboscis

the overall composition atmospheric rather than botanical

his work has been collected by museums

Over the Hills and Far Away — Gallery Canvas NEW A Crimson Cattleya Orchid inA gravel road crests a hill and drops into a summer Ontario valley a grey barn visible at the farm below, hydro poles following the road down, an orchard to the right, wildflowers at the roadside verge. This is rural Ontario painted with the affection of someone who grew up in it: the specific texture of a gravel road, the way an Ontario summer valley looks from the top of a concession hill, the particular blue of distant hills under a July sky. Glen