{"product_id":"michael-godard-night-flight","title":"Night Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003eNight Flight is a limited edition giclée by Michael Godard, showing a hummingbird in mid-flight before a glowing full moon, with vivid pink calla lilies rising from moonlit water below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt appeals to collectors of hummingbird and songbird wall art and nighttime nature scenes, a quieter corner of Godard's catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition Details \u0026amp; Sizing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight Flight is offered in 5 edition types to fit different budgets and wall sizes: the G (17.5\" x 44\", edition of 250) at $1,195, the Signed and Numbered (24\" x 60\", edition of 300) at $1,595, the Artist Proof (24\" x 60\", edition of 50) at $1,995, the Gallery Proof (24\" x 60\", edition of 25) at $2,395, and the Metal (30\" x 75\", edition of 50) at $3,995. Every edition is produced as a giclée, a fine-art inkjet process using archival pigment inks on artist-grade canvas or metal, and is individually hand-numbered to its edition size. See our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/edition-types-glossary\"\u003eedition types guide\u003c\/a\u003e for a full explanation of what Artist Proof, Gallery Proof, Signed and Numbered, G, and Metal editions mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Night Flight\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight Flight is part of Michael Godard's expanding catalog of limited edition fine art. Rendered in Godard's signature bold, saturated color palette, Night Flight sets a hovering hummingbird against a luminous full moon, with pink calla lilies reflected in dark water beneath, a tall, narrow composition built for a striking vertical wall. As with all of Godard's limited editions, Night Flight rewards close viewing: he is known for tucking hidden names, dates, and initials into his compositions, giving collectors new details to find long after the piece is on the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"godard-faq-item\"\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eIs Night Flight signed and numbered?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. The Signed and Numbered edition of Night Flight is hand-signed by Michael Godard and individually numbered. The other available editions are hand-numbered rather than signed: Artist Proof Edition of 50, G Edition of 250, Gallery Proof Edition of 25, and M Edition of 50.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"godard-faq-item\"\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eWhat sizes is Night Flight available in?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight Flight comes in 3 sizes (24\" x 60\", 17.5\" x 44\", 30\" x 75\"), spread across the Artist Proof, G, Gallery Proof, Signed and Numbered, and M editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"godard-faq-item\"\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eDoes Night Flight come with a certificate of authenticity?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. Night Flight ships with a certificate of authenticity that verifies edition type, number, and artist confirmation, standard on every Michael Godard Gallery order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"godard-faq-item\"\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eHow is Night Flight shipped, and is it insured?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight Flight ships fully insured in protective packaging built for fine-art prints. Free Shipping on All Purchases within the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"godard-faq-item\"\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eWill more editions of Night Flight be released?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. Night Flight is released in fixed print runs only; a sold-out edition or size will not be reprinted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Guarantee\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Night Flight sold here is hand-numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity confirming edition type and number, the same standard Michael Godard Gallery applies across its full authorized Michael Godard catalog. Night Flight ships fully insured, backed by more than 30 years of Godard's production history as a limited edition fine artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Michael Godard\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight Flight sends Michael Godard's imagination out after dark, a rarer setting than the bar counters and casino floors most collectors associate with his name. The hummingbird caught mid-hover before a glowing moon, wings blurred with motion, gives Godard's black-background technique its most literal justification yet: here the darkness is not a stylistic choice but the actual backdrop for the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGodard's own path into painting has more than a little nocturnal history behind it. Born March 10, 1963, and raised in Pasadena before settling in Las Vegas, he studied at ArtCenter College of Design and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and spent his twenties as a professional drummer in Las Vegas bands, performing late into the night, alongside daytime work as an architectural draftsman. His full-time turn to painting came after a friend's request for a martini-themed birthday piece, answered with a personified olive that became his signature style, developed during a period when Godard was living in his car to support his children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe built his earliest audience trading finished paintings for meals at \"drink and draw\" nights in Las Vegas bars and restaurants, an environment defined by exactly the kind of after-dark energy visible in Night Flight. Godard's well-known habit of hiding names, dates, and initials inside his compositions likely continues here as well, hidden in shadow for a patient viewer to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis public career has grown well beyond gallery walls, earning him the nickname \"Rockstar of the Art World\" through television appearances on A\u0026amp;E's Criss Angel's Mindfreak, American Casino, and Cathouse: The Series, and collaborations including custom guitar artwork for Guns N' Roses. His 2006 book Don't Drink and Draw was named an Art Book of the Year, and a documentary about his life has won awards at multiple independent film festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 2006, following the death of his teenage daughter Paige to brain cancer, Godard has supported St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Nevada Cancer Institute, regularly visiting hospitals to paint alongside children in treatment. Night Flight, quiet and luminous, shows a different, more contemplative register within a career mostly defined by daylight-bright color and noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Godard's nature-themed paintings, including this one, share a similar interest in the natural world as a subject worth exploring outside his usual cocktail and casino territory. Ozzy Osbourne wrote the foreword to one of Godard's books, and his artwork has reportedly been placed in a Pentagon officers' lounge and aboard U.S. Navy vessels, a fitting connection for a nighttime scene that plays out far from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip where Godard's own career began. His 2006 book Don't Drink and Draw was named an Art Book of the Year, and a documentary about his life has won awards at multiple independent film festivals, further proof that his reach extends well past any single painting, subject, or setting he chooses to explore. Godard has also lent his name to a vodka and gin brand, one more extension of a career built on the same after-dark, celebratory energy that Night Flight quietly reimagines as something calmer and more distant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Michael Godard","offers":[{"title":"Canvas\/Paper \/ 24\" x 60\" Artist Proof Edition of 50","offer_id":49218597060778,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Canvas\/Paper \/ 17.5\" x 44\" G Edition of 250","offer_id":49218597093546,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Canvas\/Paper \/ 24\" x 60\" Gallery Proof Edition of 25","offer_id":49218597126314,"sku":null,"price":2395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Canvas\/Paper \/ 24\" x 60\" Signed and Numbered Edition of 300","offer_id":49218597159082,"sku":null,"price":1595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Canvas\/Paper \/ 30\" x 75\" M Edition of 50","offer_id":49218597191850,"sku":null,"price":3995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/2238\/3935\/files\/nightflight_Michael_Godard.jpg?v=1788964906","url":"https:\/\/michaelgodardgallery.com\/products\/michael-godard-night-flight","provider":"Michael Godard Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}