Great-Horned Owl — Gallery Canvas Landscapes the dark anthers forming the

the dark anthers forming the pointed tip that gives the flower its name — while the surrounding space dissolves into a rich green haze

and distant blue hills is one of the most satisfying compositional structures in Ontario landscape

Two Canada Geese in full flight against a pale winter sky — wings spread wide

which is why this painting carries such remarkable stillness — it does not feel intruded upon

Great-Horned Owl — Gallery Canvas Landscapes the dark anthers forming theA Great Horned Owl perches on a pine branch turned slightly sideways, the yellow eye regarding the viewer with the absolute composure of the largest owl in North America. The plumage is painted with extraordinary care: the intricate barring of the breast feathers, the buff facial disc, the ear tufts lifted. The pine needles behind the owl are soft and secondary; the owl itself is completely present. Glen painted the Great Horned Owl across his career