The story of the bird
A flash of yellow in a high-summer garden. The American Goldfinch lands on a purple coneflower, a late bloom it works for seed. Here he is caught mid-balance, lemon body and inky black cap set against the coneflower’s rose-purple petals and bristled copper cone. The palette is pure Audubon: warm cream ground, soft botanical greens, that single declarative note of song-bright gold.
The print
A fine-art print in the Audubon tradition, drawn in the naturalist’s style of close observation and honest colour. Composed for the wall, with the bird and its coneflower given room to breathe. Printed to order on archival paper so the gold holds true for decades.
Paper and finish
Unframed prints come on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight cotton rag with a soft matte surface and true archival life. The framed option is a different stock: Enhanced Matte 200gsm, set in a classic moulding, mounted and glazed, ready to hang straight from the box. Choose your frame in black, white or natural.
Sizes
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches. Prints from $39. Framed from $99.
How to hang it
The goldfinch carries its own colour, so let it lead. A pale wall, sage or warm white, lets the yellow ring out. For the framed version, a gold moulding picks up the bird’s plumage and suits a brighter room, while black or dark grey gives a quieter, more graphic edge. Hang it where the morning light falls. The coneflower’s colour comes alive then.
About the bird
The American Goldfinch is a small seed-eating finch of fields, gardens and open country across North America. The breeding male turns brilliant lemon-yellow with a black cap and black-and-white wings, fading to a muted olive in winter. It is a late nester, timing its brood for midsummer when coneflower, thistle and other composite seeds ripen. Those seeds, and the soft plant down, go into its nest and its diet alike, which is why bird and flower belong together.
A small bird that turns a field gold.
Full field guide: /species/american-goldfinch/
