Black Bear Cubs — Giclée on Paper Print Size:9.5" x 10" hands feeling through the pebbles

hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge

the view looking across a range of summits receding into the distance

watching the domestic rhythms that most people never see

the surrounding grasses loosely handled to keep attention on the face

Black Bear Cubs — Giclée on Paper Print Size:9.5" x 10" hands feeling through the pebblesOne cub stands on a fallen log, tongue out, nose working the other peers over the edge with the particular cautious curiosity of a young bear encountering bees for the first time. Glen found the comedy in this moment without letting it slip into sentimentality. The watercolour is tight where the cubs' fur catches light, loose and atmospheric in the surrounding vegetation exactly the kind of contrast that made his wildlife work feel alive rather than