Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with Trumpet Flower — Framed Piece Mammals A Ring-necked Pheasant cock perches

A Ring-necked Pheasant cock perches in an apple tree — the extraordinary iridescent plumage in full autumn display

the piece has a softness that suits the subject's domestic industry

framed by maples burning red and yellow against a slate sky

The mountains above Lake Louise in winter — the cliff faces of the Continental Divide filling the canvas almost entirely

The scientific context is part of the painting's identity — this is a specific animal from a specific place and time

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with Trumpet Flower — Framed Piece Mammals A Ring-necked Pheasant cock perchesTwo Ruby throated Hummingbirds at a Trumpet Vine one hovering to feed, one perched and watching the orange red trumpet flowers large and vivid around them. The Trumpet Vine is co evolved with hummingbirds, its flower shape and colour adapted to exactly these birds, and Glen painted the relationship with the same ecological awareness he brought to his columbine hummingbird composition. The two birds allow a comparison of postures: the hovering bird's