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" BACKLIGHT MUTE SWAN "
Robert Bateman
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"Since
the swan is basically a white bird and almost too pretty, I
decided to paint it back lit, making it primarily a sooty, dark
color The wing feathers lifted in courtship display are translucent
and glow like a stained glass window." Robert Bateman |
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" BALD
EAGLE PORTRAIT "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
11.74" x 16.75"
$295
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"I
like the look of all predators, from lions to kestrels. As far as I know, there is no scientific explanation
for the fact that they all look fierce and slightly angry."
Robert Bateman |
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"BALD
EAGLE SERIES #1"
Robert Bateman
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" BANK
OF SWANS "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper Edition
16.25" x 32.5"
$175
180 s/n Canvas Edition
18" x 35"
$599
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saw this group of mute swans resting and preening beside the
sea with dark water reflecting a dark sky and low, warm light
gracing their shapes, like some off-stage lighting illuminating
a "corps de ballet" getting ready for Swan Lake."- Robert
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" BARN
OWL IN THE CHURCHYARD "
Robert Bateman
180 s/n Giclee Canvas 19" X 24" $545
950
s/n Paper
15.5" x 19.5" $545
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"Throughout
my life, the few times that I have seen a barn owl it has had
an almost spiritual, unexpected quality. In
each case, I have been prowling quietly in or near old buildings. Feeling a bit like an intruder, I have been startled
by the silent flapping of the barn owl’s wings." Robert
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"BARN
SWALLOW & HORSE COLLAR"
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
17" x 11.25"
$199
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"When
I saw this old horse collar hanging in an abandoned barn, it
conjured up all the richness of past eras. All of those little
straps and buckles would be common knowledge to the men and
boys who hitched up “Old Nellie” to whatever she had to pull.
They are meaningless to most of us today. The collar was probably
hung on the peg with a view to repairing it someday. That day
never came. The barn swallow, however, is still as active in
this new world as it was in the old, flitting by the collar
that his ancestor would have seen in use." Robert
Bateman |
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" BEAVER
POND REFLECTIONS "
Robert Bateman
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"For
me, the main visual impact of this painting is the powerful,
dark reflection shapes crossed by the strong vertical lines
of the trees and their reflections. The
beaver is obviously slicing across this beauty on a busy errand
known only to him." Robert Bateman |
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" BIG BLACK "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
24.75" x 22.75" $695
180 Giclee Canvas
32" x 32" $2195
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" BISON STUDY "
Robert Bateman
1500 s/n Paper
9" x 12"
$68
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" BLACK
EAGLE "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
20.75" x 13.5"
$225
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"This
scene is based on a memorable experience early one morning in
Africa. We visited a granite outcrop, which
was the home of a pair of black eagles. As the sun warmed their perches on the higher rocks, upward
air currents were generated. Soon the eagles
took off, riding the thermals, and gave us a wonderful display
of flying skills as they hunted for prey." Robert Bateman |
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"BLACKSMITH
PLOVER"
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
11.5" x 25.25"
$199
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"Driving
through dry, big game country, watching for rhino, I saw instead
this little plover huddled in the spindly shadows of a tiny tree.
It was high noon and intensely hot. The network of cracks in the
parched soil was interplaying with the latticework of shadows."
Robert Bateman |
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" BLUFFING
BULL - ELEPHANT "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
18 1/4" x 22 1/4"
$1375
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"I
have been charged quite often by lone bull elephants who were
only bluffing. Although I never stood
my ground to test them, I felt that their efforts were halfhearted
bravado. Even as I departed, I have seen
them stop in a swirl of dust, tossing their heads and swinging
their trunks to put me in my place." - Robert Bateman |
Paper
11.375" x 17"
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Original Lithograph
3.375" x 8"
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" BLUEBIRD
AND BLOSSOMS "
PRESTIGE EDITION
2 Piece Set
$445
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" BRIGHT
DAY - ATLANTIC PUFFINS "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
18.25" x 24"
$1695
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"I
wanted to catch the feeling of a bright and breezy summer day.
The puffins make me think of old-time British sailors,
and the color of their bills reminds me of the nautical flags
and bunting decorating the sailing ships." Robert Bateman |
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" BROWN
PELICAN AND PILINGS "
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" BULL
MOOSE "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
18.5" x 25"
$1395
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"The
first snows of winter find the bull moose in peak condition.
His antlers have been cleared of the ragged velvet leftover
from the summer growing, and his coat has reached its thick and
glossy prime. He is also in a fighting
mood and a dangerous animal even though the rutting season is
over." Robert Bateman |
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" BULL MOOSE
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ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH
252
s/n Lithograph
13" x 15"
$205
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"Tradition
can sometimes become lost amidst technology. I
admire tradition and traditional methods of creating things -
whether it is a barn or a work of art. I
also take particular pleasure in traditional forms of art - like
original prints - forms that require time and the skilled hands
of a craftsman." Robert Bateman |
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" BUSHBABY AND BEETLE "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
14.75" x 11"
$149
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“For two years I taught high school geography in southeast Nigeria. It was a remarkable experience not only because of the high scholastic demands of the students and the rich and complex West African culture, but also because of the natural environment of the tropical rainforest. Since I was a boy I had been reading the entertaining animal collecting stories of Gerald Durrell. Perhaps my favourite was the Bafut Beagles, which took place in the Cameroons.
“We lived in the same habitat about a day's drive from Bafut.
As soon as I was established and had got my bearings of the local area, I sent word out to the nearby villages that I would pay money for small wildlife. Most of these went to the collection of the Carleton University Museum but some went to the Bronx Zoo Small Animal House. The most spectacular of these were the bush babies.
“There are a number of species of bush baby (6 genera, 16 species). Ours was the seldom seen Demidov's galago. If we humans are at the ‘top’ of the primate family tree then lemurs are at the evolutionary ‘bottom’. Demidov's galago is the smallest member of ‘our’ family. A full grown adult would nicely fill a teacup. We had five of them and although they lived in cages we would take them out one at a time to play around the room and around us. They would scamper over our heads and poke their fingers in our ears, which resulted in a sticky feeling. Afterwards I learned that, being nocturnal, they would find their way back to their nest in the forest canopy by urinating on their hands and feet on their way out, and that is why they were sticky. I have shown this one eyeing a large tropical beetle which it may or may not succeed in catching.” - Robert Bateman
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" BALD
EAGLE "
Robert Bateman
120 s/n Original Lithograph
11.75" x 8.875"
Email-price
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" BALD
EAGLE FLYING "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
9 5/16" x 15 3/8"
$325
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"As
a young naturalist growing up, one of my favorite books was
the large, Birds of America, edited by Pearson and John
Burrows, and published in 1917 and 1936. In this volume, Burrows
sums up my feelings about the bald eagle: “He draws great lines
across the sky; he sees the forests like a carpet beneath him,
he sees the hills and valleys as folds and wrinkles in a many
colored tapestry… dignity, elevation, repose are his. I would
have my thoughts take as wide a sweep. I would be as far removed
from the petty cares and turmoil of this noisy and blustering
world.” Robert Bateman |
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"BALTIMORE ORIOLE & PLUM BLOSSOMS "
Robert Bateman
1250 s/n Paper 10" x 13.375"
$98
225 s/n Giclee Canvas 12" x 16" $385
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" BANYAN
WALK - PEACOCK "
Robert Bateman
180
s/n Canvas Giclee
24" x 42"
$955
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" BAOBAB
TREE AND IMPALA "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
25.75" x 20"
$285
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"Sculptural
forms in nature visually excite me. The trunk of this baobob
tree reminds me of a great castle or a piece of mountainous
landscape. The textures are varied and interesting and reflect
the events that have taken place in the life of the tree."-
Robert Bateman |
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" BARN
SWALLOWS IN AUGUST "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
20" x 30.25"
$595
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"A
traditional barn is like a piece of natural landscape. It was
built with materials found in nature in the vicinity. Weather
and organisms work on the wood and stone so that it evolves
and changes gradually with time. This particular barn was built
by my grandfather."
Robert Bateman |
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Paper 12.5" x 26" |
Lithograph 4"
x 4"
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" BEACH
GRASS & TREE FROG "
Robert Bateman
1250
s/n Paper and Lithograph
( 2 Piece Set )
$265
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"This
clump of grass caught my eye as I was visiting Ninstints, the
abandoned Haida village that I portrayed in Spirits
of the Forest. The frog is an important
part of the mythology of the Haida people, yet frogs are disappearing
all over the world, just as native cultures are disappearing.
Perhaps those very raindrops contain a trace of chemicals
from our modern technology, which is hurting the delicate web
of life on this planet."
Robert Bateman |
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" BIG
COUNTRY- PRONGHORN ANTELOPE
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
13.5" x 25"
$255
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"The
feeling I wanted to capture in this painting is one of wide,
open spaces of the big country where the pronghorns live.
They like to be able to see long distances to watch for
enemies. I tried for a transparent -
almost opalescent - look to achieve this feeling of delicacy
and space." Robert Bateman |
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" THE
BIG PINES OF TEMAGAMI "
Robert Bateman
2500 s/n Paper
8" x 10 3/4"
$315
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"Even
though this is a small, Affordable Treasure, the scene depicted
is one of wide open spaces and awesome grandeur. Lose yourself
in the flight of this eagle as he soars high above the pines."
Robert Bateman |
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"BLACK- CROWNED NIGHT HERON PAIR"
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
16" x 32" $135
180 s/n Canvas Giclee
20" x 40" $625
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" BLACK-TAILED
DEER IN THE OLYMPICS "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
20" x 29.75"
$245
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"The
black-tailed deer is a coastal race of the mule deer. I
have shown this mature buck in midsummer with his antlers in
velvet. The setting is an alpine meadow in the Olympic Mountains.
Summer is spectacular with cotton grass, Indian paintbrush and
other flowers."
Robert Bateman |
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" BLUEBIRD
AND BLOSSOMS "
Robert Bateman
4500 s/n Paper
11.375" x 17"
$275
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"In
the early spring, you can look through the forest and see the
blossoms of the dogwood like glowing beacons or candles, particularly
when the sun shines through and they are backlit. This is the
primary effect I wanted to achieve in this painting. There is
a lightness, an airiness and a delicacy to everything—a kind of
gentleness. This is why I chose the bluebird for this painting
of early spring. It doesn’t sit there and sing away defiantly;
it has a little, low kind of purring chirp. It is one of the most
gentle of all birds." Robert Bateman |
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" BLUE
CRANES "
SAPPI PORTFOLIO
550 s/n Paper
20" x 16.75"
$98
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Part
of the exclusive limited edition (550) "Sappi" portfolio.
Money generated from the sale of the portfolio go to the World
Wildlife Fund South Africa. |
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" BOUNTY OF THE WETLANDS "
Robert Bateman
25
s/n Original Lithograph
16" x 21.675"
Email Price
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" BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD PAIR "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
11.375" x 13.75"
$225
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"The
broad-tailed hummingbird is strictly found in the areas of the
Rockies and the Great Basin. It may be
seen visiting the flowers in mountain meadows and usually nests
in coniferous forests. The wings of male
broad-tailed hummingbirds produce a loud, trilling noise in their
diving and looping display flights." Robert Bateman |
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" BUFFALO
AT AMBOSELI "
Robert Bateman
500
s/n Paper
20.25" x 31"
$395
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"The
beautiful Mount Kilimanjaro rises in the background of the setting
of Buffalo at Amboseli, but I was more interested in conveying
the detail and texture of this old buffalo’s own habitat - the
trees, stumps, grasses, dust, and mud that surround him in the
late-afternoon light. As often happens,
while I was painting I found a shape that interested me and that
became a theme in the picture - a sickle shape that appears in
the buffalo’s nostril and his horn. This
is echoed in the shadow on his rump, in the dry branches in the
foreground, and in the mud."
Robert Bateman |
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" BURROWING OWL
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Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
9.5" x 14.375"
$68
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" BY
THE RIVER "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
19.25" x 28.875" $495
180 s/n
Canvas
24" x 36" $625
50 s/n Canvas
45" x 68" Showstopper $3795
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" BY
THE TRACKS - KILLDEER "
Robert Bateman
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"The
delicacy of this little killdeer contrasts with the heavy power
of the railway ties and tracks, yet it fits perfectly into this
man-made environment, as does the young dandelion." Robert
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