Pheasant in Apple Tree — Giclée on Paper Horizontal the way the brown plumage

the way the brown plumage catches and absorbs light differently from a smaller hawk

the protruding stamens that give the flower its characteristic fringed appearance

regarding the viewer with one bright bead of an eye

Glen rendered the lynx's face with the meticulous graphite work that distinguished his drawing practice from his watercolours: every individual strand of the ruff suggested rather than laboured

What makes it extraordinary is the light — Glen caught the way late-winter sun turns snow almost yellow

Pheasant in Apple Tree — Giclée on Paper Horizontal the way the brown plumageA Ring necked Pheasant cock perches in an apple tree the extraordinary iridescent plumage in full autumn display, the red face, the white collar, the long tail: every element of the male pheasant's remarkable appearance rendered with the precision Glen brought to all his bird portraits. This 1985 watercolour places the bird in a gnarled orchard apple tree, the small apples still hanging, the leaves turning. The composition is formal and completely