Pileated Woodpecker

Open edition: Museum-quality giclée print on matte fine art paper (acid-free). Vibrant, long-lasting archival inks. Artist’s digitally printed signature.

5×7” (13×18 cm) — 8×10” (20×25 cm)

8×10” (20×25 cm) — 12×16” (30×41 cm)

12×17” (30×43 cm) — 16×20” (41×51 cm)

16×20” (41×51 cm) — 18×24” (46×61 cm)

20×30” (51×76 cm) — 24×36” (61×91 cm)

Frame not included. Print includes a white border for flexible framing options.

Fits Standard Frames

Works with most stock frames (slight adjustment may be needed)

Border allows trimming to fit your frame perfectly

Edge-to-edge fit with many matted frames

Border Benefits

Extra paper for mounting tabs

Accommodates wider or taller matte windows

Shows clean paper edge instead of print edge for a polished look

Pro Tip: For a perfect fit, pair with a custom matte in your stock frame.

Showing up for the work

Pileated Woodpeckers search tree after tree, excavating exploratory holes and listening for signs beneath bark. Most attempts yield nothing. But they continue—striking, listening, moving on, striking again. Each session builds on the last until finally locating the colony that makes all prior effort worthwhile. This represents the capacity to maintain practice despite not seeing immediate results, understanding that breakthroughs come from accumulated repetition, not single efforts.

Continuing despite setbacks

Pileated Woodpeckers strike hardwood up to 20 times per second, absorbing forces that would cause damage in other animals. Specialized adaptations allow them to continue hour after hour, day after day, session after session. This represents the ability to keep practicing through difficulty—the meditation that doesn't feel different, the workout that doesn't show progress, the skill that hasn't clicked yet—understanding that resilience means continuing the work, not avoiding the challenge.

Concentrated practice creating change

When Pileated Woodpeckers excavate, they strike the same spot repeatedly, creating deep cavities through thousands of focused strikes. Each individual strike seems insignificant, but concentrated effort in one direction creates a substantial transformation. This represents the principle that focused practice in one area compounds into meaningful change, while scattered effort across many areas produces scattered results.