Barn Swallows — Gallery Canvas Mammals not playing

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water exploding from both sides

The composition places the birds in their natural habitat

which Glen used for compositions where he wanted warmth and softness without sacrificing detail

This piece pulls those threads together into a single composition: the bald eagle in three stances

Barn Swallows — Gallery Canvas Mammals not playingThree 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