Chipmunk — Giclée on Paper Scientific the vine's foliage caught at

the vine's foliage caught at the turn between summer and early autumn

a gust of wind caught one of the mitts and blew it off — landing in the snow a short distance away

Glen observed squirrels at the oak trees near his Ontario studio across all seasons

and Glen painted it at the moment of maximum drama — the strike

Glen's early botanical studies show a young artist finding his own way with atmospheric colour — the green background is not merely a setting but an environment

Chipmunk — Giclée on Paper Scientific the vine's foliage caught atA chipmunk among autumn oak leaves maple foliage golden above, dried leaves and blue bittersweet berries scattered on the forest floor below. This 1982 watercolour is characteristic of Glen at his most observational: the chipmunk is almost incidental in its own painting, the forest floor given equal weight and attention. Every leaf is an individual leaf, every twig placed where gravity and autumn decay would place it. Glen believed the background was