Born in 1970 in Mountain View, California, Glen Bacus was raised in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree in illustration from UMass Dartmouth in 1993, with further studies at The Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and The DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Pop modernistic in style, Glen's colorful acrylic paintings include images of nature, space, time and patterns and exude energy and vibrance.

His work appears in various public and private collections. In 2001, Glen moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, where he currently resides today.