" GREAT
BLUE HERON "
Robert Bateman
290 s/n Original Lithograph
21" x 14"
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( 2 of these rare copies are left )
"The
process of original printmaking appeals to me because it is
a human process;
it involves no complex optical equipment other
than my own eyes. I believe
that technology
often separates us from nature, and I like the idea that my
original
prints are made by my hand."
This elegant bird is the largest of the heron family. Over half of its length is the
head
and neck, a well-designed javelin system. The gracefully folded neck
can straighten with lightning speed aimed at a luckless frog or fish. With a toss
of the head, the prey is swallowed and the hunting pose is resumed. So
motionless is this pose, that the heron resembles a painting on a Japanese
screen, or goes unnoticed altogether. Many times I have paddled around a
curve in a river to be startled by a croaking squawk. The heron inevitably sees
me first and takes off on great wings which spread as wide as I am tall. When
taking flight, the neck is stretched out but is folded back as the cruising
speed is reached. Herons are mistakenly called cranes by some people, but the
much rarer cranes fly with necks outstretched.
Great blue herons are found where land and water meet in almost all of the
habitable parts of North America
.Robert Bateman
- Great Blue Heron - Original Lithograph -
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