{"product_id":"american-goldfinch-monkshood-buttercup-golden-guardians","title":"American Goldfinch, Monkshood, Buttercup ~ \"Golden Guardians\" ~ \"Songbirds \u0026 Friends\" ~ Watercolor","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing in the summer field is more golden than a male American Goldfinch in full color -- that bright lemon-yellow body, the black cap and wings, the bouncing flight and the cheerful po-ta-to-chip call as he goes. I painted a pair of them here as the keepers of their patch of meadow, watching over the buttercups below and the deep violet hoods of the monkshood standing tall behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe color story is the whole thing: gold against blue-violet, with the buttercup echoing the birds in miniature. Goldfinches nest later than almost any songbird, waiting for the seed and down of high summer, so to me they have always belonged to the fullest, ripest part of the season. I worked it wet-on-wet, in layers, with no drawing first, keeping the yellows clean and luminous so the birds truly glow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original watercolor on paper, one of a kind. 'Golden Guardians' -- two small sentinels keeping watch over a field at its peak.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"hollywach","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":42947565649982,"sku":"AMERI-GOLD-0626031","price":4600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed","offer_id":42947565682750,"sku":"AMERI-GOLD-0626032","price":5200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/9488\/4926\/files\/1American-Goldfinch_Watercolor_Holly-Wach_20x40medium.jpg?v=1782329037","url":"https:\/\/hollywach.com\/products\/american-goldfinch-monkshood-buttercup-golden-guardians","provider":"Holly Wach Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}