Black Bear Cubs — Gallery Canvas birds steep view of the cliffside

steep view of the cliffside and forest — tells you exactly how close to the rock he was sitting when he made it

Glen chose to paint it not as a curiosity but as a subject worthy of full attention: the drooping flower head

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

head thrown back

wings still braking

Black Bear Cubs — Gallery Canvas birds steep view of the cliffsideOne 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