Raccoon Baby — Bag Insects and Butterflies Glen's field notes at the

Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni

He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose watercolour wildlife studies set the standard for the form in Canada

the way the animal uses its front paws like hands

the branches woven through the image at different planes

the white chest visible below

Raccoon Baby — Bag Insects and Butterflies Glen's field notes at theA young raccoon sits at a pond's edge among pickerelweed the juvenile plumage still fluffy, the mask already distinct, the animal regarding the viewer with the alert curiosity of a young mammal encountering something new. A leopard frog sits at the lower right, barely visible but precisely rendered. The pickerelweed behind the kit is botanically exact another wetland species given its due. This painting brings together two classic Ontario pond species