Northern Tribute — Bag Horizontal The maple leaves are botanically

The maple leaves are botanically precise — the specific lobing of the sugar maple leaf is correct at every stage of the autumn colour turn

the way the needles group and light passes through them: all of it observed and placed with care

intricate detailing

the same careful study from specimens and field observation

Northern Tribute — Bag Horizontal The maple leaves are botanicallyA Canadian Shield island in a northern lake a single white pine bent by decades of prevailing wind, the lichen covered granite below it, the dark treeline of the mainland behind, a summer storm cloud building above. This is the iconic image of the Canadian Shield in its most distilled form: rock, pine, water, sky, and the particular light of a threatening afternoon in August. Glen worked in coloured pencil for this piece, and the medium is ideal for