Goldfinches on Thistle — Giclée on Paper sea looking directly outward

looking directly outward

wherever they lived

the moment wildlife photography struggles to capture with clarity

and this cougar kitten is one of the finest — the luminous blue background wash lifting the animal off the page

Goldfinches on Thistle — Giclée on Paper sea looking directly outwardThree goldfinches work through a thistle patch a male feeding on a spent seedhead at left, a second male perched on the right, a female arriving from above with wings still open. The thistle is rendered with the botanical precision Glen brought to all his plant subjects: the spiny bracts, the purple bloom, the white plumed seeds drifting into the composition from the milkweed at left. This 1988 watercolour is more complex than the earlier single bird