Black Bear Cubs — Gallery Canvas birds This is Glen working in

This is Glen working in pure abstraction of natural form: no animal

wings still braking

specific moments of animal life — a cub discovering something surprising

Gold aspens on the bank of Lac Cardinal on the Peace River — the trunks white against the yellow canopy

making the family feel completely embedded in their habitat

Black Bear Cubs — Gallery Canvas birds This is Glen working inOne cub stands on a fallen log, tongue out, nose working the other peers over the edge with the particular cautious curiosity of a young bear encountering bees for the first time. Glen found the comedy in this moment without letting it slip into sentimentality. The watercolour is tight where the cubs' fur catches light, loose and atmospheric in the surrounding vegetation exactly the kind of contrast that made his wildlife work feel alive rather than