A sandpiper preening in the shallow water on the beach.

These little Sandpipers showed up on our beach on a quiet spring morning, making a quick stop on their way from South America to Canada. Their annual migration is truly amazing: researchers have found that they sometimes fly this route nonstop for six days - that's around 3,000 miles!

They only stayed on our beach for a couple of days, but I spent a lot of time with them, trying to capture both their beauty as individuals and the abstract appearance of them as a group.

My bird images are all traditional photographs, but I love the dreamlike quality of watercolors and have photographed and developed this image in such a way that it more closely resembles a watercolor painting than a photograph.

PRINT DETAILS
The image is printed on matte archival cotton rag fine art paper and is signed in the lower right hand corner. The prints are available unframed or framed, and every order is professionally custom printed.

FRAMED ART - USA & AUSTRALIA ONLY
Framed prints come in a black, white, or natural wood frame with or without a white cotton rag mat. The frames are handmade in the US from top-quality hardwoods and all archival materials. They are custom made to order, with beautiful spline joints and 99% UV-filtering acrylic glass. Depending on print size, the frames have a 1/2" - 1" face and 1 1/2" - 2 1/4" depth. Smaller frames are fitted with D-rings and a wire for hanging; large frames (24x36 inches and up) have a French cleat hanging system.

Framed prints are currently only available in the US and Australia. All Australian orders are printed, framed, and shipped from my lab in Adelaide. The frames at my lab in Australia are also made locally by hand from top quality materials, but some of the details are a bit different from the US frames - please contact me if you would like more information.

FRAMED ART SIZES
The sizes listed are print sizes; mats and frames will add to the final size.For example, the final outside size of an 8x10-inch matted and framed print is 12x14 inches. Please see the framed art size image here (this is a 4:5 ratio print), or the FAQs for all final framed dimensions.

SHIPPING INFORMATION & TURNAROUND TIMES
Shipping is free in the contiguous United States. Unframed prints are rolled in a plastic sleeve, placed inside a sturdy shipping tube, and normally delivered within 10 business days of your order. Framed prints are carefully wrapped and boxed and shipped via FedEx or UPS. Large and oversized framed prints are crated and shipped via freight. Framed prints typically have a turnaround time of 3-4 weeks.

INTERNATIONAL ORDERS
Unframed prints are available in the contiguous US, Canada, Australia, EU, and UK, and are produced and shipped from my local partner lab in each country. Framed prints are currently only available in the contiguous US and Australia. If you are located in Hawaii or Alaska and would like to order a print, please contact me for a shipping quote.

OTHER PRINTS PICTURED
➤ Sandpiper No. 2

SEE MORE
➤ Bird art prints
➤ White art prints
➤ Prints in neutral colors
➤ Art prints from New England
➤ Minimalist art prints