Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife and the cornfield — the

and the cornfield — the specific texture of frozen stubble

the vertical bars of the muskie's flank vivid against the green of the water

one of Glen's favoured mediums for smaller wildlife studies where he wanted the texture of the paper to work with the subject's coat

Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece

the light seemingly coming from within the green — gives the piece a quality unlike his later

Violet — Gallery Canvas wildlife and the cornfield — theA violet the simple five petalled wildflower of Ontario's spring forest floor rendered in watercolour with the careful attention Glen brought to all his botanical subjects. The violet's specific anatomy the lowest petal with its nectar guide, the lateral petals with their basal hairs, the upper petals is present for those who look, while the composition as a whole carries the warmth and freshness of early spring in an Ontario forest. The violet