Goldfinch — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" the ruts frozen

the ruts frozen

There is a story behind this painting that no other gallery can tell

and this painting carries the warmth of a familiar subject

Chicory was a subject that appealed to Glen's sense of colour — that specific pale blue-violet is one of the most difficult colours to paint convincingly

the other slicing deeper below

Goldfinch — Giclée on Paper Print Size:13.5" x 16" the ruts frozenA male American Goldfinch at peak summer plumage launches from a thistle wings spread, the electric yellow of the breeding male almost incandescent against the soft blue green atmospheric background. Thistle seeds drift in the air around it; a companion flower opens at centre. This 1970 watercolour is one of Glen's most chromatically confident pieces: that particular cadmium yellow green of the male in June is one of the hardest colours to render