Barn Swallows — Giclée on Paper Print Size:17" x 24" the proportions not yet resolved

the proportions not yet resolved into adult form

where he spent weeks at a time observing the land before committing it to paper

This image is one of the most immediately moving in Glen's catalogue — the chicks on the parent's back

the bird completely still in the specific stillness of an incubating bird

a rainbow arc visible at the upper left

Barn Swallows — Giclée on Paper Print Size:17" x 24" the proportions not yet resolvedThree barn swallows are caught mid hunt against a soft summer sky, mayflies rising on the breeze. Painting birds in flight is one of the hardest things in wildlife art most attempts feel either frozen or false. Glen solved it with watercolour, spending whole afternoons watching the swallows that nested near his Maple, Ontario studio, sketching the same wing positions over and over until the geometry of the dive became second nature. That patience