Goldfinches on Thistle — Framed Piece Landscapes rendered in the warm autumn

rendered in the warm autumn palette that suits foxes so well

This 2004 coloured pencil botanical study is one of Glen's most elegant late-period works: the vertical line of the stem

and Spring Beauty all bloom together before the canopy closes

The field notes at the lower right record the specimen data — the ROM provenance that underpins Glen's anatomical precision

the specific character of the Shield shoreline

Goldfinches on Thistle — Framed Piece Landscapes rendered in the warm autumnThree goldfinches work through a thistle patch a male feeding on a spent seedhead at left, a second male perched on the right, a female arriving from above with wings still open. The thistle is rendered with the botanical precision Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the spiny bracts, the purple bloom, the white plumed seeds drifting into the composition from the milkweed at left. This 1988 watercolour is more complex than the earlier single bird