Saw-Whet Owl in Maple Tree — Framed Piece Square is itself a major achievement

is itself a major achievement in the painting

perch position

the rippled surface above and the underwater landscape below

Drawing was always the foundation of his practice — long before the watercolours that made him famous

leaning slightly

Saw-Whet Owl in Maple Tree — Framed Piece Square is itself a major achievementA Saw whet Owl perched in a maple in autumn the tiny owl surrounded by turning maple leaves, some still green, some gold, some already brown and falling, the bird completely still and watching from the cover the leaves provide. This is one of Glen's most painterly owl compositions: the leaves are given as much weight as the bird, the composition requiring the viewer to find the owl within the autumn foliage rather than having it presented front and