Hummingbirds and Hibiscus — Framed Piece Artwork the stream below catches the

the stream below catches the late afternoon light

Glen made this piece in coloured pencil

with the enormous prairie sky overhead

the facial ruff enormous and dense with pencilled hair

and the anatomical precision of this 1967 painting reflects that discipline

Hummingbirds and Hibiscus — Framed Piece Artwork the stream below catches theTwo Ruby throated Hummingbirds at a hibiscus one hovering before an open bloom below, the other perched on a stem above watching. The hibiscus flower is painted with the botanical completeness Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the soft salmon pink of the petals, the columnar stamen, the hibiscus leaves with their insect damage intact. The hummingbirds are painted at different scales the hovering bird farther away, smaller; the perched bird close