Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada the bird perched on a

the bird perched on a fence post with the prairie stretching behind it

This 1981 watercolour does not sentimentalize the scene: the eagle is not heroic or menacing

a summer storm cloud building above

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

Chipmunk — Gallery Canvas Canada the bird perched on aA chipmunk among autumn oak leaves maple foliage golden above, dried leaves and blue bittersweet berries scattered on the forest floor below. This 1982 watercolour is characteristic of Glen at his most observational: the chipmunk is almost incidental in its own painting, the forest floor given equal weight and attention. Every leaf is an individual leaf, every twig placed where gravity and autumn decay would place it. Glen believed the background was