Snowy Owl — Giclée on Paper Silk Scarves made specific by the quality

made specific by the quality of attention Glen brought to it

with its olive back

the granite shore and mixed boreal forest reflected in the rain-smoothed water

the whole composition suggesting movement and altitude without a single distracting element

Snowy Owl — Giclée on Paper Silk Scarves made specific by the qualityA Snowy Owl launches from a lichen covered rock wings spread to their full span, filling the upper half of the canvas, the yellow eyes fixed directly on the viewer. This 1982 watercolour is one of Glen's most dramatic and formally bold compositions: the white owl against a pale winter sky, distinguishable only by its feather texture and the shadows within the wing, the lichen covered tundra rock below providing the only warm colour in the painting.