22 × 50 in framed — white wash moulding with a 1½ in textured liner.
Early Bird
Hand-cut and torn paper, paint, and leaf · Birds of a Feather
From across the room it reads as one picture. Up close it comes apart into hundreds of pieces of cut and torn paper.
Signed giclée prints
Edition of 125 · what's a giclée?Every print is made to order — printed in Sarasota, lacquered, framed and signed by Jennifer. Allow 3–4 weeks, depending on the season.
Questions about sizing or the wall? Send Jennifer a note.
The story
Rise early! “It is the early bird that catches the worm,” Mark Twain once said. On the bay side of Galveston Island State Park in Texas, you can see these Great Blue Herons in the morning sun hunting for breakfast. The black crown of their head and the long thin black plume on top add to their elegance. This bird is made of lots of layers of paper! I used layers of patterned gray paper, cut into small strips to make each little feather. Iris’s grow wild and lanky in this park, and these little pops of purple among the tall wetland grasses were a must to include.
Three ways to own this piece
What's a giclée? →- One of one
The original. Ask Jennifer whether the original is still available.
- Edition of 125
The signed giclée print— what's in the cart above. A fine-art archival print of the original, signed and numbered by Jennifer, finished with a raised varnish so it hangs without glass. Framed or canvas.
- In between
A hand-embellished print — a signed print Jennifer collages over again by hand, so no two are the same. Mostly at the shows. Ask what's available →
- Signed by Jennifer
- Ready to hang — no glass needed
- From the studio in Sarasota
At home
Where Early Bird lives.
Real rooms, sent in by the people who live with this piece. See every room →
Still deciding
It is almost always the size, not the piece.
Send Jennifer the width of the wall and she will tell you which size sits right on it — she talks people through this every weekend at the booth.
Ask about Early Bird