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"HIGHBUSH CRANBERRIES - CARDINAL" "HIGH WATER - MALLARDS"

950 s/n Paper 9"x13.5" $75

350 s/n Canvas Giclee 12"x15" $ 425

650 s/n Paper 16"x32" $175

180 s/n Canvas Gicle 20"x40" $795

   
"HAIDA SPIRIT"
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350 s/n Paper Giclee
26 5/8" x 19"
$2399

180 S/N Canvas Giclee
24" x 34" $995

"On a visit to the Queen Charlotte Islands, a Haida elder guided my wife, Birgit, and me to a secluded spot on a peaceful bay. There, Bill Reid’s canoe sat at a lonely anchorage. It was Reid who directed the hollowing of the 50-foot canoe from a single ancient red cedar according to traditional Haida designs, following their traditional method. The canoe was the first of its kind in almost one hundred years. Powered by 20 Haida paddlers, it made an epic 558-mile journey from Vancouver to Skidegate and truly earned its name, Loo Taa (Wave Eater). Seeing the canoe was, for me, a kind of spiritual experience. And although there was no raven present on that day, in my mind’s eye, I saw one. To the Haida, the raven is a wily trickster-transformer who created the world, and I could see him, hovering over the canoe, perfectly centered." Robert Bateman


"HARLEQUIN DUCK - BULL KELP" - EXECUTIVE EDITION
Washington Duck Stamp Print - 1988
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Paper
s/n Paper
6.5" x 9"
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Lithograph

"HIGH CAMP AT DUSK"
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950 s/n Paper
10 3/4" x 33 1/2"
$725
"We had been riding steadily upward for three days.  Our top camp was a beaver meadow - a lush, natural pasture grown up on the silt deposited behind a long forgotten beaver dam.  It was the peak of a high country summer, resplendent with flowers of many kinds. " Robert Bateman

"HIGH KINGDOM" - SNOW LEOPARD
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10,772 s/n Paper
20" x 27 3/4"
$559

Canvas Giclee 225 S/N 28"X40" $1175

"Of all the big cats, the snow leopard is perhaps the most endangered species.  Although it lives in one of the wildest and least accessible parts of the world, the Himalayas, it is very vulnerable." Robert Bateman

"HOARY MARMOT"
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450 s/n Paper
11 1/4" x 22 1/2"
$138
"On a hike in Banff National Park quite a few years ago, my family and I found ourselves alone on a high saddle where the mountain dropped off sharply on either side.  It was one of those moments when the world stands still and all your senses become heightened.  The empty space between us and the next mountain seemed almost a solid presence, so vivid was my impression of the great gulf of air.  Then I saw a hoary marmot poised atop a nearby pile of rocks.  Despite its small size, it appeared to be lord and master of the high peaks that stretched off in all directions.  Quietly I began moving toward it.  The marmot remained motionless, allowing me to come so close I could almost touch its beautiful mantle of silvery-white fur.  My attention was so focused that I was only half-conscious of a distant roaring sound - I dismissed it as a high-flying jet plane - growing gradually louder.  What happened next took only a second or two, but it seemed to stretch out over a much longer span.  The marmot gave its characteristic whistle and shot down its burrow.  In the split second I cursed my bad luck, the roaring sound became so loud it seemed to come from inside my head. I looked up to see a golden eagle plunging across the sky so close to me that I felt the wind stirred by its dive.  Then it wheeled away and soared off in search of other prey." Robert Bateman

"HOUSE FINCH AND ROSES"
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4500 s/n Paper
4 3/4" x 9 1/2"
$245
"The house finch was originally found only in the southwestern United States, where it nested in cactus and bushes. In the 1940’s it was introduced to the east, where its range is now spreading. Like all finches, it has a strong, stout, cone-shaped bill with a sharp cutting edge—ideal for crushing seeds, which are its principal food. Partly through the grace of home feeders, the house finch, like the cardinal, has moved into urban areas, where its cheery song, a high-pitched warble, has become a common melody in city parks and gardens." Robert Bateman

'HOUSE FINCH AND YUCCA"
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950 s/n Paper Edition
7 1/2" x 10 7/8"
$438
"Many times I have heard the lively warbling song of the house finch and located the proud little male, announcing his territory from the tip of a yucca spike." Robert Bateman


HOUSE SPARROWS & BITTERSWEET
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950 s/n Paper Edition
15 1/4" x 11 1/4"
$280
"In this painting I have shown a group of house sparrows gathered together for company during a cold winter’s night.  The tangled bittersweet keeps its dried berries as a winter decoration."  Robert Bateman


"HURRICANE LAKE - WOOD DUCKS"
1987 Arkansas Duck Stamp Print
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8855 s/n Paper Edition
6.5" x 9"
$182
Robert Bateman’s Hurricane Lake - Wood Ducks - Commissioned by the state of Arkansas for the 1987 Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, it is the first state print by an artist outside the USA.

"HAIRY WOODPECKER ON BIRCH"
s/n Paper
11 7/8" x 17"
$99
 Robert Bateman

"HARDWOOD FOREST - WHITE-TAILED DEER"
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950 s/n Paper
19" x 32""
$2195
"The white-tailed deer buck is in his prime.  He is looking for does with which to mate or other bucks with which to fight.  He is very cautious because this is hunting season."  Robert Bateman

"HARLEQUIN DUCK - BULL KELP"
Washington Duck Stamp Print - 1988
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4595 s/n Paper
6.5" x 9"
$159
"One of the oldest of the stock comic characters, the harlequin originated in Italian popular comedy of the 16th century.  The harlequin’s traditional fanciful costume is a multicolored diamond pattern.  This little duck is something of a dandy and appropriately named.  In the summer, if you are lucky enough to see breeding pairs of harlequin ducks, they may be found by cold, rushing mountain streams along which they make their nests, well concealed under or in rock crevices." Robert Bateman

"HERON ON THE ROCKS"
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950 s/n Paper
9" x 17 1/2
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"At the bend in the river, the great blue heron rests on the rocky point.  It is a full-grown juvenile, wearing a dusky cap instead of the white cap and the black cheek patch of the adult.  Even though he is now on his own, he knows that this is a good place to fish." Robert Bateman

"HIGH COUNTRY" - STONE SHEEP
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950 s/n Paper
18" x 24"
$520
"The stone sheep is the southern and darker form of the Dall’s sheep.  In this painting, I wanted to capture the breathtaking majesty of the domain of the stone sheep and to give a feeling of precariousness.  They live in a world of precipitous cliffs." Robert Bateman

"HINDU TEMPLE" - TIGER
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950 s/n Paper Edition
16.25" x 32.5"
$315
180 s/n Canvas Giclee Edition
22" x 44"
$1495

"Secretive and solitary, the endangered Bengal tiger still roams Northwest India’s spectacular park, Ranthambhore.  While the tiger is not always easy to see in this region of mountainous plateaus and rugged ravines, its presence can be felt: “While exploring the ruins of the Hindu kingdom, we came upon a little lake with a small temple perched perfectly on a peninsula.  We were there at midday, but in my mind’s eye, I saw it at dawn, or by moonlight, perhaps twilight.  There could be a tiger, emerging from the shelter of the temple, looking out over the lake.”  Robert Bateman


"HOMAGE TO AHMED"
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290 s/n
Lithograph Edition
29 3/8" x 41 1/4"
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"Thousands of elephants have been slaughtered for trinkets - jewelry, piano keys, and billiard balls - decorative items that sit on the shelf or the mantel and collect dust.  It doesn’t seem to me to be a cause worthy of the destruction of such a beautiful animal." Robert Bateman


"HOODED MERGANSERS IN WINTER"
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950 s/n Paper
22 " x  16 1/2"
$410
"In many ways, the hooded merganser is one of the most elegant of waterfowl.  The striking black, white and vermiculated rust gives it an almost exotic look.  The silky crest and golden eyes increase the effect, and yet it is a bird of very unexotic habitat - rather ordinary swamps."  Robert Bateman


"HOUR OF THE EGRET"
1250 s/n Paper
15 1/2" x 20 5/8"
$144

After a long day, I generally take an evening walk. It was on one such stroll a few years ago that I came across the old Venice [FL] train station, abandoned and derelict. Its grandiose Romanesque arches are now defaced with graffiti and a superhighway roars overhead, but I like to imagine it in its heyday in the 1920's when trains were the only sensible way to travel long distances. Egrets regularly feed in a canal that runs nearby, and I recalled that these birds were once as endangered as the passenger train is today. In the nineteenth century, they were brutally hunted for their plumes, which were much coveted for fashionable ladies' hats. Sometimes the hunters would rip the plumes out of a living bird and leave it to a slow and agonizing death. In fact, the creation of the Audubon Society was spurred by a group of blue-blooded Boston ladies who were outraged by this barbaric practice. Thus the egret in my painting of the train station faces north, toward Boston, the birthplace of one of the great forces for wildlife conservation in North America.



"HOUSE SPARROW"
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950 s/n Paper Edition
14 1/2" x 10 1/2"
$210
"I have shown this cocky little male house sparrow on a traditional farm fence.  In many ways, he has a lot in common with the settlers who took over North America and pushed out the native inhabitants."  Robert Bateman


"HUMMINGBIRD PAIR" DIPTYCH
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950 s/n Paper Edition
10 3/4" x 10 1/2"
$785
"I have shown this pair as a diptych.  The idea came from Japanese screens, which have almost an arbitrary breaking of a continuous scene.  This somehow forces the viewer to see the scene in a fresh way and gives the composition an alternative significance.  I was conscious of the parallel between the almost stained glass glow of the backlit aspen leaves and the burning iridescence of the hummingbird’s feathers.  Hummingbirds are special.  They are in some ways more like an insect than a bird.  They are designed for flowers as are many insects.  As most flowers are too delicate to perch on, the hummingbirds are very light so that they can hover, usually only touching the flower with the tips of their tongues as they sip the nectar.  The wings are virtually invisible, and their iridescent feathers flash brilliant and dull, depending on the angle of reflection." Robert Bateman
   

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