Barn Swallows — Framed Piece autopostr_pinterest_76101 his bird-and-botanical compositions demonstrate the

his bird-and-botanical compositions demonstrate the dual naturalist and artistic discipline that defines his practice

its flower shape and colour adapted to exactly these birds

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Barn Swallows — Framed Piece autopostr_pinterest_76101 his bird-and-botanical compositions demonstrate theThree barn swallows are caught mid hunt against a soft summer sky, mayflies rising on the breeze. Painting birds in flight is one of the hardest things in wildlife art most attempts feel either frozen or false. Glen solved it with watercolour, spending whole afternoons watching the swallows that nested near his Maple, Ontario studio, sketching the same wing positions over and over until the geometry of the dive became second nature. That patience