This is my acrylic painting on gray paper of some male American goldfinches in a sunflower field at sunrise. The male is vibrant yellow in the summer and olive color in the winter. Its brightly colored plumage during the breeding season is to attract a mate. These birds love sunflower seeds. I was inspired to paint these beautiful goldfinches after seeing some landing on the sunflowers of my garden to get the seeds. They will also feed the seeds to their young. This bird is the state bird of New Jersey, Iowa and Washington.