Mourning Dove — Gallery Canvas Flowers and Plants and the result is a

and the result is a painting that feels genuinely placed

The open country behind the bird — fence line

a damselfly perched at the top

A Common Loon at the nest — the adult in full breeding plumage

Mourning Dove — Gallery Canvas Flowers and Plants and the result is aA Mourning Dove nests among rhododendron branches the warm buff brown plumage pressed close to the ground, the iridescent neck patch just visible, the bird completely still in the specific stillness of an incubating bird. This 1986 watercolour is a study in patient attention: the dove is fully aware of the observer but committed to the nest. The rhododendron leaves and fallen petals are rendered with botanical precision. Glen observed nesting birds