The story of the bird
The longest bill on the North American shore belongs to the Long-billed Curlew, and it is the whole drawing: a slow, downward curve carried above the warm cinnamon of the wing. This is a bird of the western grasslands as much as the coast, and its print brings that wide, open country onto a wall. A single statement bird for a hallway or a study, calm in palette and unmistakable in shape.
The bird
The Long-billed Curlew is North America’s largest shorebird, breeding across the short-grass prairie and high plains and moving to the Pacific and Gulf coasts for winter. The great decurved bill probes deep into mud and soft ground for crabs and burrowing prey. Cinnamon-buff below and mottled warm brown above, it is a bird whose colour and line both read at a distance, which is what makes it hold a wall.
Paper and finish
Unframed prints come on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight fine-art paper with a soft matte surface. The framed option is set in a classic moulding, glazed and ready to hang, in black, white or natural.
Sizes
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches, or a high-resolution digital download at $9. Prints from $39. Framed from $99.
