The story of the bird
The American Robin won a statewide vote of nearly 200,000 Michigan residents in 1929 - two years before the legislature made it official. Michigan’s 3,000 miles of Great Lakes coastline and vast Upper Peninsula forest support 466 species on the state checklist, including the only self-sustaining wild population of Kirtland’s Warbler on the planet.
This composite brings together bird studies on one sheet. The artwork shown above is the composition supplied with this print.
The print
A studied composite in the Audubon style. Cream ground, the navy and sage of the house palette, each bird drawn in true proportion to the others and arranged as a single editorial plate rather than a chart. It reads as one picture of what Michigan’s skies and yards actually hold.
Paper and finish
Unframed prints come on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight fine-art paper with a soft matte surface. The framed option is a different stock: Enhanced Matte 200gsm, set in a classic moulding, glazed, with no mount, ready to hang straight from the box. Choose your frame in black, white or natural.
Sizes
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches, or an instant digital PDF. Prints from $39. Framed from $99. Digital download $9.
How to hang it
A composite plate wants room to breathe. Give it a pale wall, warm white or sage, and hang it at eye height where the palette can carry. Choose black, white or natural framing to suit your room. Keep the print out of direct sunlight.
Birds of Michigan field guide: /state/michigan/
More Michigan prints: /plates/state/michigan/
