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" THE
IMMIGRANTS "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
16.125" x 21.5"
$118
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Everything in this painting represents immigration to North America. The building was built by the first or second generation of people who came from Britain or Ireland to Canada. Another immigrant is the proud, singing starling who is proclaiming his territory. A flock of rock doves flies by. Their native haunts were the cliffs and ledges of England and Europe. We call them pigeons.
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" IN
HIS PRIME " - MALLARD
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
26" x 13"
$429
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"This
happens to be a Vancouver mallard… he has just finished preening,
and he’s spreading his perfect plumage, thrusting out his chest
in a pose of health, vigor and pride. I
hope that our wetlands will have a future of health and vigor
and that they will be thought of with pride -not as wastelands-now and in the future." Ducks are among the best known and best loved birds. In fact, they are so associated in our minds with childhood stories and playing in parks that they are almost more a part of our culture than a part of our wildlife heritage. Of all the ducks in the world, the Mallard is front and centre the epitome of his tribe.
Mallards occur naturally all over North America from Alaska to Mexico, and across Europe to China and Japan. Their popular appeal, however, is such that they have been introduced to many other parts of the world. In fact, our white domestic duck has been bred from Mallard ancestors. Although Mallards are definitely not a symbol of the wilderness, they truly are a symbol of our wetlands, especially wetlands that are threatened by human development and agriculture. As such, this Mallard is an appropriate choice for the 10th anniversary of Wildlife Habitat Canada and my painting "Early Winter - Mallard Pair" which inaugurated the Wildlife Habitat Canada stamp and print program. I unveiled In His Prime - Mallard at a WHC conference on Stewardship of Private Lands in British Columbia in March 1994. Robert Bateman |
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" IN
THE HIGHLANDS - GOLDEN EAGLE "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
20" x 28"
$375
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I
have shown this golden eagle in a typical pose on a high perch
with a good view. The morning mist is
still obscuring the landscape, making hunting impossible, but
the sun is clearing the mist away, and soon the eagle will take
to the wing and begin the day’s search for food. - Robert Bateman |
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" INTENT - COUGAR "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
9" x 12" $88
250 s/n Giclee Canvas 12" x 16" $375
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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. |
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" INTRUSION
- MOUNTAIN GORILLA "
Robert Bateman
2250 s/n Paper
21.5" x 32.375" Email Price
180 s/n Giclee Canvas 26" x 39" $895
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This
majestic and proud beast glares through the mossy brush, warning
onlookers to keep their distance from his self proclaimed territory.
This print is a true representation of the intensity of presence
that the Mountain Gorilla holds in his natural habitat. - Robert
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" IN
THE OAK " - GREAT HORNED OWL
Robert Bateman
500 A.P. Paper
18" x 24"
$225
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" IRISH
COTTAGE AND WAGTAIL "
Robert Bateman
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The
countryside of Ireland is a charming place to visit. It has maintained an integrity of place and aesthetic
quality, which is steeped in history. These
characteristics strike a responsive chord in me. The wagtail, with its black-and-white pattern, is a miniature
echo of the color scheme of the picture. - Robert Bateman |
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" IN
FOR THE EVENING "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
16.75" x 20.5"
$2495
180 s/n Giclee Canvas 19" x 24" $545
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"There
are still places where one can see the timeless activities of
man and nature. Although this is a scene
which happened a short time ago near my own home, it could have
happened, in every detail, a century ago." Robert Bateman |
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" IN
THE BRIAR PATCH " - COTTONTAIL
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
12" x 17.5"
Email-price
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With
my sound muffled by the new snow, I came upon a cottontail caught
without camouflage. He would move and
freeze as I followed him. At last, as
in the Uncle Remus story, he reached the brier patch.
This was our last mutual glance before he disappeared
where I could not follow. - Robert Bateman |
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" IN
THE GRASS " - LIONESS
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
20" x 26.5"
$185
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This
is one of my earliest serious paintings of a lion, and it is
still one of my favorites. It is not
much more than a simple study of a lioness in repose.
My goal was to capture the sense of an individual and
particular animal with the quiet confidence of the so-called
“king of the beasts.” - Robert Bateman |
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" IN
THE MOUNTAINS " - OSPREY
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
7.625" x 10.875"
$345
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If
I see an osprey, I feel that this particular area must be an
interesting place. I very much enjoy
the presence of water. This, coupled
with plentiful fish, is a good indication of osprey as well
as other wildlife. This painting is a
study of a nest I saw in truly picturesque wilderness country
- the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. - Robert Bateman |
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" INTO
THE LIGHT - LION "
Robert Bateman
1250 s/n Paper
20.375" x 32.5" $215
180 s/n Canvas
28" x 46" $1395
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It
is early morning in the Ngoro Ngoro Crater. Although this is
Africa, the high elevation brings very cold nights and misty
mornings. The solitary lion is plodding
his way slowly through the dewy vegetation. There is no particularly comfortable place to lie down,
and there are no prospects for an easy hunt. A lone male is not a successful hunting machine. Lions are communal and cooperative. Hunting
involves strategy and teamwork. Moreover,
the team, or pride, is mostly made up of lionesses. Big males are more imposing and powerful, but they are
not usually as quick and collaborative. Their
role in lion society is to defend territory against rival lions
and other predators such as leopards and hyenas. This big fellow is in his prime or perhaps just past
it. Maybe he has lost his pride to a
younger male. As he steps out into the
sunlight of the rapidly warming morning, he is still confident
and king of all that he surveys. It is
perhaps lucky that he cannot foretell the future. - Robert Bateman |
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" IRELAND
HOUSE "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n
Paper
14" x 18.75"
$525
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This
house is named after a family rather than the country.
It is one of the finest old houses in the part of Ontario
where I lived for more than 20 years. It
is the oldest homestead within the city of Burlington, near
Hamilton, and was built by Joseph Ireland between 1834 and 1837.
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" IRISH
CHURCH AND BARN OWL "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
24.5" x 24.5" $1875
180 s/n Giclee Canvas
31" x 31" Email Price
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In the Connemara district of Ireland there are a number of wild and lonely lakes. If you take a boat to a certain island on one of them you will find a path winding into a woodland. The path leads to a clearing and there are the ruins of an early 12th century Christian church. There was a dreadful and dark time for the fledgling Christianity. Vikings and barbarians were busy robbing and destroying the fragments of the Roman Empire. In remote corners little bands of priests kept the flame of learning and literature alive. The Irish monks were of vital importance in hiding and maintaining the spark of civilization that was there when stability and security returned to Europe (that is, if one can describe the feudal system as stable and secure).I felt that this clearing and this church with the sky for its roof had a very spiritual presence. I cast the painting in green tones . . . a spiritual colour to me. I added the barn owl, which could have been there. This bird is near the earliest owls on an evolutionary scale. It also has deep symbolic roots in the beliefs of the pre-Christian Europeans. I like the way the owls face echoes the eroded faces of the saints embedded in the Romanesque arch.
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