Arctic Loon With Young — Giclée on Paper Framed Posters one caught mid-flutter with wings

one caught mid-flutter with wings spread

the specific quality of still dark water in a forested hollow

the overall composition atmospheric rather than botanical

the whole scene lit with the filtered turquoise light of tropical shallows

Arctic Loon With Young — Giclée on Paper Framed Posters one caught mid-flutter with wingsA parent loon glides on glass still water with two young pressed close one tucked under a wing, the other riding quietly alongside. Glen captured what every Canadian who has spent a summer at the lake recognizes: the particular hush of a loon family at rest, the world held briefly in calm. This is one of his pure watercolours, the medium Glen is most celebrated for. Decades of field observation are what make a painting like this possible the