Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers reflection — everything secondary to

reflection — everything secondary to the family on the water

This is a composition that rewards looking: the more time you spend with it

A winter valley view from an elevated vantage — forested ridges receding into a purple-grey cloud bank

in the garden

Brown Creeper — Giclée on Paper feathers reflection — everything secondary toA Brown Creeper works its way down a massive cedar trunk the bird almost invisible against the deeply furrowed bark, exactly as nature intended. This is the challenge Glen set himself: to paint a bird whose entire survival strategy is camouflage, without making it disappear from the painting. He solved it by rendering the bark with such meticulous attention to colour and texture that the creeper's subtle plumage becomes legible by contrast. Signed and