" ROBINS AT THE NEST "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
11.25" x 14"
$249
Robins at the Nest - Turdus migratorius
"The
American robin is one of the most widespread birds in
North America. I have seen them
in the South
and at the Arctic tree line, but most people
think of them as “right around home”
birds. In fact, they have adapted so well to human settlement
that they are probably more
abundant around towns, villages
and farms than they are in the wilderness. They will actually
build
their nests on the dwellings of human beings. The nest is made of mud and grasses
in an almost perfect bowl shape.
Here I have shown a female at the nest. She is probably just poked a worm down the throat
of
one
of the young, and they are hoping for more. They instinctively reach up and beg from
any moving object above them, including a human hand. Their mouths are brightly colored
to
attract the mother's attention.
The interesting artistic problem in this painting was to have the nest in the shade,
as they usually are, but lit from below with the glow of the sunny day
on the floor of the stable."
Robert
Bateman
Robins at the Nest - 1986 - Robert Bateman
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