Description

Me Too Artist Proof by P. Buckley Moss

Introduction

Me Too Artist Proof by P. Buckley Moss is a small 1996 lithograph centered entirely on the expressive personality of a young bird. Perched on a slender branch with its beak opened wide, the fledgling appears to be making certain it is noticed.

Moss reduces the composition to delicate line, muted gray washes, and the pale form of the bird. The nearly circular image and compact 3-15/16 × 4-inch size give the work an intimate quality, while the fledgling’s animated pose supplies all the character the composition needs.

Story Behind the Artwork

There is no elaborate landscape or human figure to establish a narrative in Me Too. Instead, Moss allows the bird’s posture to tell the story. Its raised head, open beak, and firm grip on the branch create an irresistible impression of a youngster demanding its turn to be heard.

The title adds to that playful reading. Without assigning a specific intention to Moss, the combination of title and image may remind collectors of the universal impulse to say, in effect, “Don’t forget me.”

Symbols & Meaning

Young birds naturally lend themselves to associations with new beginnings, growth, vulnerability, and increasing independence. In Me Too, the fledgling’s open beak and upright stance can also suggest confidence emerging from something still very young.

These associations enrich the image without claiming a specific symbolic meaning intended by Moss.

Artistic Details

Moss uses restraint exceptionally well here. The bird’s pale body is defined by flowing black and gray lines, with individual feather shapes cascading down its breast. Bare branches rise behind it without distracting from the central figure.

The rounded field softens the composition and concentrates attention inward. Subtle gray and warm neutral washes create atmosphere while leaving the fledgling as the unmistakable focal point.

Its small scale is also part of its appeal. This is artwork meant to be examined closely, where Moss’s economical lines and the bird’s wonderfully exaggerated expression become increasingly noticeable.

Featured Master Collections

Primary Master Collection: Birds of Hope

Me Too belongs naturally with Birds of Hope, Canada Goose Gallery’s collection devoted to birds and their associations with hope, renewal, resilience, and freedom. The approved collection includes songbirds, nests, seasonal birds, and other bird-centered works.

Decorating Ideas

The small scale and quiet neutral palette make Me Too Artist Proof well suited to a reading nook, desk area, bedroom, small hallway, or intimate gallery wall. It could be especially effective grouped with other Moss fledgling and bird works, allowing variations in posture, color, and personality to create the visual relationship.

Gift Ideas

This little fledgling offers a natural gift connection for bird lovers, gardeners, new parents or grandparents, graduates, and anyone beginning a new chapter. The title also lends itself to lighthearted gifting between siblings or within a family—provided the personal connection comes from the giver rather than being presented as documented meaning behind the artwork.

About the Edition

Created in 1996, Me Too was issued as a limited, numbered lithograph edition of 100 prints with 25 artist’s proofs. This example is an Artist Proof.

Image size: 3-15/16 × 4 inches
Condition: Mint
Certificate of Authenticity: Included

The supplied paper-size information—6⅛ × 6⅛ × 10⅝ inches—appears internally inconsistent and should be checked before it is added to the public description.

🎨 Fun Fact:

A fledgling that looks helpless may actually be exactly where it belongs. Young songbirds commonly leave the nest before they are accomplished fliers, and their parents may continue feeding them for days or even weeks afterward. Researchers have found that leaving earlier can reduce the danger of an entire brood being discovered by a nest predator, even though the young birds themselves are less capable fliers at that stage. In other words, that awkward period of hopping, calling, and fluttering is not necessarily a mishap—it can be a normal and important stage of becoming independent. This fact concerns fledgling birds generally, not the specific bird depicted in Me Too.

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🖼️ Collector’s Insight:

Me Too Artist Proof stands out because Moss gives a single tiny bird enough expression to carry the entire composition. The raised head, dramatically opened beak, layered breast feathers, and delicate grip on the branch make the fledgling feel animated despite the restrained gray palette. The small circular format further concentrates the viewer’s attention on that personality. For collectors exploring Moss’s bird imagery, this Artist Proof provides an especially intimate example of how she could turn a modest natural subject into a complete visual story.

Continue Exploring

If the fledgling in Me Too caught your attention, continue exploring P. Buckley Moss’s fledgling and bird prints at Canada Goose Gallery.

• Princess
• More Please Artist Proof – Both prints are especially strong companions because the gallery inventory specifically identifies both as Fledgling • Bird subjects.
• Fledgling Conductors Set
• Just Hatched Set

Expands the theme into a matched-numbered lithograph set, while:

• Amid the Greenery
• A Due offers additional ways to explore Moss’s bird and nature imagery.

You may also enjoy:

• Baby — Fledgling • Bird
• Baby in Blue — Fledgling • Bird
• Fledgling Conductors Set — Fledglings • Birds
• Birds of a Feather — Birds • Nature
• Bird Story — Birds • Nature.

Collectors can then continue into Birds of Hope to discover a much broader side of Moss’s bird imagery, including cardinals, bluebirds, doves, owls, nesting birds, and other feathered subjects.

Suggested Categories & Subjects:

• P. Buckley Moss Fine Art Prints
• P. Buckley Moss Rare Prints
• Artist Proofs
• P. Buckley Moss Birds
• Fledglings
• Nature

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 “Every little voice deserves to be heard.”