Saw-Whet Owl — Framed Piece square-scarf and won the Royal Philatelic

and won the Royal Philatelic Award for Canada's first full-colour postage stamp

a dense wall of hardwoods to the right

This is not a pretty winter scene: it is a painting about the severity of the season

This is the unenhanced version of the subject — the original watercolour study without the luminous pastel background of the Enhanced edition

the composition building from the plant upward through the three birds

Saw-Whet Owl — Framed Piece square-scarf and won the Royal PhilatelicA Saw whet Owl in close portrait one of the smallest owls in North America, its round head and outsized yellow eyes filling the frame, the brown and white streaked plumage rendered with the fine brush patience that this tiny bird demands. The Saw whet's expression wide eyed, slightly startled looking even when completely calm is part of what makes it one of the most frequently depicted owls in wildlife art. Glen captured that quality without