Beavers — Giclée on Paper Silk Scarves the orchard

the orchard

The snow around the scene carries the tracks and impressions of the chase that just ended

The loon is Canada's most iconic bird

and Glen caught them at the moment they're most intense: mid-hunt

turned three-quarters

Beavers — Giclée on Paper Silk Scarves the orchardTwo beavers one feeding, one stretched up to pull a willow branch closer caught in the soft light of a summer afternoon, surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves. Glen made this watercolour at the height of his powers, when his technique was loose enough to feel atmospheric and tight enough to render every individual hair on the beaver's coat. Of course Canada's national animal would attract him. Glen worked from sketches and observation done over