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An African Penguin on a sun-warmed shore, the black horseshoe chest band and pink eye-skin drawn in fine detail against a cream ground.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm.
This is the penguin that breaks the rule. Not ice, not Antarctica, but the warm rocky beaches of South Africa and Namibia, where the only penguin to breed on the African continent stands in the sun and brays like a donkey. The old name was the Jackass Penguin, for exactly that call. The new name is more dignified, the bird no less so.
Look closely and the field marks are unmistakable. A single black horseshoe band sweeps across the white chest, and the scatter of black spots below it is unique to each bird, as individual as a fingerprint. Above each eye sits a bare patch of pink skin, a thermoregulating organ that flushes deeper as the day heats up, the bird’s own way of shedding warmth on a continent that never gave it ice to cool against.
On the page the warmth is the whole point. After the blacks and ice-blues of the Antarctic penguins, here is one drawn against sand and sun-warmed rock, the pink eye-skin the single soft note in the palette. It is the southern hemisphere’s most surprising seabird, an endangered one now, and it carries a room with the same quiet authority as its colder cousins.
Available in three sizes on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, an archival cotton rag with a soft matte surface. Printed by Prodigi with pigment inks rated 100+ years under display conditions. Framed prints are glazed, no mat, in black, white or natural.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to 24x30 inches) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
