Blue Jays At My Feeder — Gallery Canvas Silk Scarves the structure of the bloom

the structure of the bloom at the moment before it fully opens

investigating the noise

the lateral petals with their basal hairs

The pine needles

The view from below the surface: a Belted Kingfisher has punched through the water and is diving toward a Rainbow Trout

Blue Jays At My Feeder — Gallery Canvas Silk Scarves the structure of the bloomThree blue jays at a backyard feeder on a winter morning one launching in with wings fully spread and fanned, one perched on the roof with a peanut, one at the tray edge. The bare elm behind the feeder is rendered branch by branch; the whole scene is painted from the window of Glen's Maple, Ontario studio, where he spent decades watching exactly this kind of traffic at exactly this kind of feeder. This is one of Glen's most personal paintings the