White-tailed Deer — Framed Piece Oil Pastel A winter storm moving across

A winter storm moving across a Shield landscape — the dark spruce and pine of the forest

red and orange maples visible through the cedar trunks

the way the light breaks through behind the cloud: all of it is observed with the same discipline Glen brought to his animal subjects

This 1985 coloured pencil study shows two states of the same bird simultaneously: the complete breeding plumage and the partial autumn dress

White-tailed Deer — Framed Piece Oil Pastel A winter storm moving acrossA White tailed Deer at the forest edge the animal's autumn coat warm against the turning leaves behind it, the alert posture of a deer that has heard something and not yet decided whether to flee. This is one of Glen's most behaviorally precise deer studies: the specific posture of a deer in the moment of attention, ears forward, nostrils working, the weight shifted slightly onto the haunches in preparation for flight that may or may not come. Glen