Grackles — Framed Piece Art Prints but the fireflies transform the

but the fireflies transform the scene into something more than a wildlife portrait

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He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose bird watercolours have been collected internationally for over five decades

This image is one of the most immediately moving in Glen's catalogue — the chicks on the parent's back

The stillness of the water

Grackles — Framed Piece Art Prints but the fireflies transform theTwo Common Grackles in a tropical tree one high on a branch singing, long tail fanned, the other hanging below among the broad leaves. The graphite study is from 1985, and the setting plumeria flowers at left, large tropical foliage suggests an observation made on one of Glen's working trips outside Canada. The rendering is exact: the grackle's iridescent plumage is suggested even in graphite through the careful modulation of tone. Drawing was the