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A fine-art print of the Marbled Murrelet, the small Pacific seabird that nests high in old-growth forest. A warmly marbled, collectible study for a Pacific Northwest home.
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.
The Marbled Murrelet is a small, chunky seabird of the Pacific coast, a member of the auk family that lives most of its life on the water and dives to chase fish. In breeding plumage it is a soft marbled brown, mottled and barred so finely that on the sea it all but disappears, a camouflage that kept one of ornithology’s oldest riddles alive for years.
That marbling is what makes it a distinctive print. Where most seabirds trade in stark black and white, the murrelet is all warm russet and cream, close-barred detail that rewards a second look. Drawn compact and true against the cream ground, it reads as an intimate, understated study rather than a showpiece, a quiet, natural print for a calm room.
Its great secret is the nest: this ocean bird flies inland to lay a single egg high on the mossy limb of an old-growth conifer, one of the last seabirds anywhere found to nest in the ancient coastal forests. That story makes it a knowing gift for a birder or a natural-history collector, and a fitting piece for a Pacific Northwest home, a coastal cabin or a study.
The piece is rendered in a contemporary Audubon-inspired natural-history style with a soft paper-grain finish, the bird drawn in true proportion as a single editorial plate.
Available as archival fine-art prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, with sizes up to 24 × 30 inches. Framed and unframed options are available where shown.
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.
