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"CALL OF THE WILD" - BALD EAGLE
bateman - call of the wild-bald eagle.jpg (48276 bytes)

950 s/n Paper
20" x 27"
$210

"I have shown this bald eagle in a dynamic calling pose and have used the angular thrust of the dead tree to add to the force of the bird."  Robert Bateman
"CANADA GEESE FAMILY"
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260 s/n Paper
12. 5" x 18.5"
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"This is my first published original stone lithograph.  I very much enjoyed drawing directly on the stone.  Its “tooth,” or texture, gives a solid, warm feeling, which brings to mind the ancient seas in which the rare Bavarian limestone was formed." Robert Bateman
"CANADA GEESE" - NESTING
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950 s/n Paper
24" x 31"
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"Canada geese, for me, are symbols of fidelity and territoriality.  I see them as forceful, direct birds.  In this painting I was thinking about the bond between the two and have shown the male on guard, watchful and alert, and the female on the nest. "  Robert Bateman
"CANADA GEESE OVER THE ESCARPMENT"
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950 s/n Paper
8 1/4" x 11 5/8""
$210
"This was the view from my studio when I lived in Ontario.  It was different every day, even every hour, as the light changed and as the season changed.  Here I have shown part of a small flight of Canada geese heading south just at sunset.  In a sense, they fit with the rhythm of the seasons."  Robert Bateman
"CANADA GEESE WITH YOUNG"
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950 s/n Paper
11" x 18.5"
$655
"Geese and swans are famous in the animal kingdom for their faithfulness as partners; they usually mate for life.  With Canada geese, both parents are involved in rearing the young.  The parents stay together season after season.  It has been said that if one of the pair dies, the other will not mate again."  Robert Bateman
"CANADA GOOSE" - LITHOGRAPH
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350 s/n Lithograph
3 " x 7"
$379
Robert Bateman.

"CANADA WARBLER & PEAR BLOSSOMS"
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s/n Paper
6 1/4" x 11 3/8"
$299
Robert Bateman.
"CAPE MAY WARBLER & BALSAM"
cape may warbler and balsam.JPG (28512 bytes)
950 s/n Paper
12 1/2" x 9 1/2"
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Robert Bateman.
"CARDINAL AND SNOWBERRIES"
3500 s/n Paper
7" x 5"
$59
450 s/n Canvas
7" x 5"
$135
Robert Bateman.
"CARDINAL AND SUMAC"
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250 s/n Paper
13" x 19 1/2"
$225
"One of the ideas behind Cardinal and Sumac was inspired by a Smithsonian Museum display of an authentic East Indian village, complete with villagers going about their daily business.  I was strolling through when, all of a sudden, a villager wearing a flaming red turban walked past a rich, terra cotta-colored wall.  I was struck by the red-on-red vision - it just sizzled.  I knew then, I would someday paint a cardinal in sumac. Most North Americans have the opportunity to see cardinals in their own backyards.  The cardinal, however exotic in color, is one of our most familiar favorites.  I like the idea of the cardinal as a representative for Earth Day; it is appropriate that a backyard favorite represent our need to incorporate environmental action into our own backyards." 
Robert Bateman
"CARDINAL AND SUMAC"
PREMIER EDITION
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Paper
350 s/n
$550
13" x 19 1/2"
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Lithograph
8.25" x 10"
Premier Edition: Paper + Lithograph
"CARDINAL AND WILD APPLES"
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s/n Paper Edition
11 3/4" x 17 5/8"
$329
"These apples were growing on my favorite apple tree in Ontario.  This is a unique tree producing fruit unlike any I have tasted - sweet, aromatic, crisp, juicy and almost lacking in sourness.  It will remain forever wild with its unsprayed and blemished fruit."  Robert Bateman
"CATCHING THE LIGHT-BARN OWL"
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s/n Paper Edition
13 3/4" x 32 1/2"
$279

"The most intriguing artistic challenge in this painting was to capture the quality of the slash of light striking across the feathers of the owl, breaking up the obvious shape of the bird into a new and fleeting pattern."  Robert Bateman
"CATCHING THE SCENT" - WOLF
bateman - catching the scent - wolf.JPG (55664 bytes)

950 s/n Paper Edition
9.5 " x 12"
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"Like man’s best friend, the wolf gets most of his information through his nose.  On a cold winter day, the air is carrying a constant flow of data.  Whether these molecular messages relate to a partner, a prey or an enemy, we do not know.  But the wolf knows."
Robert Bateman
"CATTAILS, FIREWEED AND YELLOWTHROAT"
bateman - cattails, fireweed and yellowthroat.jpg (45255 bytes)

950 s/n Paper
15 1/4" x 11 3/8"
$299

"Marshes and swamps are a wonderful place for life - not just human life - particularly if you are a naturalist.  Spring is my favorite time in these wetlands with the chorus of frogs, toads, dragonflies and other insects and especially breeding birds from ducks to rails, bitterns and songbirds."  Robert Bateman
"CENTENNIAL FARM"
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950 s/n Paper
19 1/2" x 26"
$496
"I enjoy painting man-made subjects from earlier eras because they have character and individuality.  It is evident that they have been worked on by the human hand and by the forces of nature.  This can no longer be said of our machine-made, packaged world, which is increasingly enveloping us." Robert Bateman
"CEREMONIAL POSE" - RED CROWNED CRANE
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290 s/n Lithograph
15 3/4" x 33 7/8"
$2750
"Here a red-crowned crane is in ceremonial pose, a ritualistic preening gesture in his stylized courtship display. The elaborate courtship dance is designed to engender devotion."  Robert Bateman
"THE CHALLENGE" - BULL MOOSE
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s/n Paper
23" x 34"
$490
"A moose is an intimidating animal.  A big bull is huge - weighing up to half a ton and standing up to seven-and-a-half feet tall at the shoulder - but is amazingly swift and graceful when moving through thick forest and underbrush."  Robert Bateman
"CHAPEL DOORS"
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950 s/n Paper
25" x 18.5"
$1095

"Our human heritage is just as threatened as our natural heritage.  This is sad, because we are losing the reminders of our roots and a time when craftsmanship and care were more important than today.  Although I usually choose nature as the subjects of my paintings, I also want to record the remnants of our history." Robert Bateman
"CHARGING RHINO"
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950 s/n Paper
20" x 32 1/2"
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"The black rhinoceros is a prehistoric-looking beast.  In fact, although it is highly evolved, it does have a very ancient history.  He and his ancestors roamed the plains of this planet long before man appeared.  In the last ten years, poachers have caused the rhino population to decline by 90%. I have shown him here in his bold and rugged defiance."   Robert Bateman
"CHAPS" - WESTERN BLUEBIRD
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950 s/n Paper
14" x 19 5/8"
$245
"The wrangler guide rides into the clearing at the end of another day with a pack horse train. He removes his well worn chaps and other gear and hangs them on this moose antler. His cabin is in a remote valley, rarely visited. Perhaps this is why the Western bluebird feels comfortable enough to hide its nest somewhere within the vicinity."  Robert Bateman
"CHEETAH PROFILE"
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950 s/n Paper
20" x 30 1/2"
$1195
"The cheetah is an animal of the wide-open plains.  That is where his prey, the antelope, lives, and that is where he can see vast distances.  Although he has no serious enemies, he likes to watch the herds for vulnerable animals and to generally keep in touch with his surroundings."  Robert Bateman
"CHEETAH SIESTA"
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950 s/n Paper
Size n/a
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"In the big-game country of Africa I am always aware of the huge, overpowering, blue sky, especially at places like the Amboseli plain in southern Kenya, shown here in Cheetah Siesta.  I wanted to feel the presence of the sky in this picture, but I had to be persuaded by my wife, Birgit, that I could put the horizon as low as it is and still have room for the cheetah and the plain.  I also had to resist the temptation to let more tall grasses stretch across the horizon, or to introduce a cruising vulture in the distant sky.  By leaving it empty, the sky becomes as strong a force in the picture as the cheetah itself."  Robert Bateman
"CHEETAH WITH CUBS"
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950 s/n Paper
15" x 22 1/4"
$650
"Cheetahs are animals of the open plain.  Their eyes are a match for their legs in devouring the miles."
Robert Bateman
"CHERRYWOOD WITH JUNCOS"
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950 s/n Paper
16" x 21"
$279
"Juncos come down to the snow-covered farmland to feed on the seeds from the crops and the weeds in roadsides and fields."  Robert Bateman
"CHICKADEE AND ROSE HIPS"
1500 s/n Paper
7" x 5"
$59
Robert Bateman
"CHIEF" - AMERICAN BISON

950 s/n Paper - 20" x 27 1/4"

180 s/n Canvas - 25" x 34"

33 s/n Canvas
Showstopper - 51" x 69"

"CHIMNEY SWIFT ON NEST"
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950 s/n Paper
11 1/2" x 8 3/4"
$74
"The chimney swift uses its saliva as glue to stick twigs together while building his nest.  In ancient times, they built nests inside hollow trees, and today more commonly they use abandoned chimneys for that purpose.  Recently I discovered a chimney swift’s nest on the old wallpaper of an upper hall in an abandoned farmhouse.  In this case, the old house has provided shelter to a new family." Robert Bateman
"CHINSTRAP PENGUIN"
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810 s/n Paper
12" x 9""
$195
There are many species of penguin in the Southern Hemisphere.  They all have special characteristics, but they have in common the tuxedo-like black on the back and white on the belly.  This painting is simply a portrait of one of these little fellows standing beside the typical lichen-encrusted rock of the Antarctic Peninsula."   
Robert Bateman
"CLAN OF THE RAVEN"
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950 s/nPaper
11 3/4" x 23 1/2"
$499
"I have long had a passionate appreciation for the artistic achievements of indigenous people, and none more so than the magnificent totem poles carved by the native inhabitants of the northwest Pacific coast. These exquisite abstract sculptures in wood represent for me the pinnacle of indigenous art.  They are as beautiful and powerful as anything created by Picasso or Matisse.  Unfortunately, the few old poles that remain in their natural settings are decaying and returning to the forest."  Robert Bateman
"CLEAR NIGHT" - WOLVES
bateman - clear night wolves.JPG (21445 bytes)
950 s/n Paper
19 5/8" x 27 1/2"
$3750
Giclee Canvas $1550 30 X 40
"I do not mean this to be a frightening picture.  The wolves, which normally avoid eye contact, are staring right at you.  Although they sense your presence, they can’t quite make you out.  They are alert and interested, but not about to attack.  They are equal to you, the viewer; they are on the same level.  The feeling of slight tension and respect between you and them is mutual.  You are in their domain.  Now that they know about you they will melt away into the gloom."  Robert Bateman
"COLONIAL GARDEN"
bateman - at the cliff-bobcat.jpg (65995 bytes)
950 s/n Paper Edition
15 x 22 5/8"
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"In Colonial Garden I have tried to show the classic elegance and civilized restraint which the late 18th and early 19th centuries brought to a more rustic Canada."
Robert Bateman
"COOK FOREST" - BLACK BEAR
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450 s/n Paper
6" x 8""
$195
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"CONTINUING GENERATIONS"SPOTTED OWLS
bateman - continuing generations - spotted owls 2.JPG (33139 bytes)
bateman - continuing generations - spotted owls 1.JPG (33132 bytes)
950 s/n Paper
20" x 15" each
$699 set
"The spotted owl is one of the rarest birds in North America.  They should be on the endangered species list.  Since they require large acreage of old growth lowland forest, their existence is inevitably threatened by clear-cut lumbering activities.c  To me, the spotted owl represents almost a mystical spirit of the great western forest, as it was when white man first arrived.  It would be a pity if the last of the owls were to vanish in this generation."
Robert Bateman
"COTTAGE LANE " - RED FOX
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950 s/n Paper
17" x 22 3/4
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"The summer colors have started to turn to autumn colors, and the cherry leaves are showing signs of following suit.  There is the golden glow of a late summer evening back-lighting the delicate northern grasses."  Robert Bateman

"COUGAR AND KIT" ORIGINAL LITHO
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290 s/n Lithograph
13 3/4" x 18 7/8"
$495.00
"This beautiful original lithograph is printed in two colors and enhanced with hand coloring. It captures well the protectiveness a mother cougar feels for her young offspring." Robert Bateman
"COUGAR IN THE SNOW"
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s/n Paper
19 3/8" x 30 1/4"
$370
"The cougar is, of course, one of the few great hunters left among the ranks of North American wildlife.  The cougar is now extinct in most of his original range, but in some areas, particularly in the West, it is doing quite well."
Robert Bateman
"COUGAR PORTRAIT"
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950 s/n $190

7.5" X 11.5"

"The cougar is one of the most magnificent animals in North America, and it is one of the great cats of the world.  Although its range was formerly most of the continent in many habitats, competition with man has pushed it back to a few of the more remote forest areas."
Robert Bateman
"COUNTRY LANE" - PHEASANT
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950 s/n Paper
15" x 18 1/2"
$745

"There is magic in an early spring evening.  The new grass of the year is emerald bright, but the leaves have yet to come into leaf.  The twigs are taking on subtle warmth of color, and here and there first blossoms have appeared.  This is ideal country for the ring-necked pheasant."   Robert Bateman
"COURTING PAIR" - WHISTLING SWANS
bateman - courting pair-whistling swans.jpg (36932 bytes)
950 s/n Paper
17 7/8" x 24"
$350
"The big, white birds are strong and fierce.  They have flown thousands of miles from wintering grounds to the arctic to begin their nesting and are now performing their courtship ritual." Robert Bateman
"COURTSHIP DISPLAY - WILD TURKEY"
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950 s/n Paper
20" x 22 1/4"
$230
"The American wild turkey, to me, symbolizes the wild American which greeted the pilgrims when they arrived.  The birds, like the land and the Indians, were strong, bold and flamboyant, yet vulnerable."  Robert Bateman
"COYOTE HEAD STUDY"
s/n Paper
7 1/8" x 10 3/4"
$73
"The much maligned coyote is the definitive survivor. Found in a variety of habitats, its diet consists of rabbits. rodents, carrion and occasionally, larger mammals, especially deer. Coyotes are one of the fastest terrestrial animals in North America, capable of reaching speeds of 38 miles per hour. The coyote will sometimes form a mutually beneficial partnership with a badger, in which the two will actually hunt together. The coyote uses its keen sense of smell to locate burrowing rodents so that the badger can dig them up with its powerful claws. Both then share the prize. It is no wonder that an animal so resourceful as the coyote not only has managed to survive, but that it has extended its territory. This is due in part to human intervention which included the clearing of forests and almost total elimination of the coyote’s competition, the wolf."  Robert Bateman
"COYOTE IN WINTER SAGE"
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950 s/n Paper
19 1/2" x 29 1/2"
$2100

180 s/n Giclee Canvas 27"x40" $1450

"The coyote, or brush wolf, is our North American wild dog. He is standing on an old glacial gravel ridge, among winter sagebrush. I enjoyed the austere colorsand rich textures and forms." Robert Bateman
"CRIES OF COURTSHIP" RED-CROWNED CRANES
bateman - cries of courtship.JPG (27100 bytes)
950 s/n Paper
24 3/4" x 40"
$995

50 s/n Canvas Showstopper
45" x 73"
"The red crowned crane has a very special place in Japanese folklore as a symbol of long life and happiness. It has for thousands of years been portrayed in sculpture, crafts and especially painting. The charisma of the crane is not surprising in view of its size, elegant form and clear contrasting colors - white, black and red The other reason for its special place is that the cranes mate for life. The appearance of the crane and its pair bonding behavior combine to produce a visual spectacle almost unsurpassed in the natural world."  Robert Bateman
"CURIOUS GLANCE" - RED FOX
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950 s/n Paper
14 1/4" x 23"
$735

"The red fox likes to move where there is cover for a quick escape. This badland habitat is ideal for this purpose, with its heavily eroded gullies. In the brightness and complexities of the soil texture, I tried to complement the brightness and complexity of the fox."  Robert Bateman
"CURLED UP" - SWIFT FOX
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950 s/n Paper
11 5/8" X 9 3/8
$110

"The plains bison is not the only species that almost disappeared after Europeans arrived on the prairies.  Just as integral a member of the mixed grasslands ecosystem was the swift fox, a nocturnal hunter no bigger than a large house cat.  Despite its speed - it can run up to 37mph in short bursts - and the fact that its fur was not especially prized, by 1900 only a few isolated populations remained, and by the late 1930s the swift fox had completely disappeared from the Canadian prairies, the northern fringe of its reign.  In ensuing years the U.S. population has continued to decline, but the Canadian population has recently begun to make a comeback." Robert Bateman

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