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" TADPOLE
TIME "
Robert Bateman
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All
of us have been children, some a short time ago, some in a more
distant past. When we think of those childhood
years, most of us can picture a day in May when the whole world
was wonderful. May seems to fit with childhood. It is a time of birth, burgeoning growth, tender shoots
and the exuberant activity in nature. - Robert Bateman |
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" TEMBO "
Robert Bateman
1550 s/n Paper
21.625" x 28.75"
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180 s/n Giclee Canvas
30" x 40" $925
99 s/n Giclee Canvas 42" x 56" $1785
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Elephants
deserve the high stature they enjoy. We
humans appreciate them not just for their impressive size, but
also for their high order of intelligence and sophisticated social
structure. Unlike most animals, they care about each other’s
welfare. Most herds are composed of adult
females and young. When the juvenile males
start to take too much interest in “the girls,” they are expelled
form the herd and roam in loose bachelor groups that are much
smaller in size than the family groups. My family and I encountered
one such bachelor group in a park in northeast Kenya. We were delighted and surprised to find several bulls with
very large tusks. Frighteningly, this area
is right within the range of organized gangs of poachers, particularly
in Somalia. Although the park is patrolled
against poaching, the rangers are too few in number and are usually
out-gunned. Those tusks must be awfully
tempting to the illicit ivory trade. We
hoped the bulls we saw there would stay close to the tourist areas
for safety. We, however, got too close to this fellow. Though his tusks were large, he was young and feisty and
presented us with an impressive false charge. He is “Tembo” in Swahili - a familiar term for elephant. I hope that he will live to a ripe old age and pass on
his genes to future generations of elephants so future generations
of humans can appreciate them. - Robert Bateman |
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" TIGER AT DUSK "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
19.625" x 15.75"
$575
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This
painting was done as a fund-raiser for CITES (the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna). CITES’ long-term objective is the rational and sustainable
utilization of the Earth’s living resources for human benefit
by encouraging cooperation between all interested parties. Although
habitat destruction is the overwhelming reason for the extinction
of species, trade in endangered animals and plants is literally
the straw that breaks the camel’s back. This
combined with the power of Russian Mafia drug dealers, Chinese
smugglers and professional well-armed poachers, makes a formidable
force of doom facing the Siberian tiger. Many
organizations including CITES are trying to stop this dreadful
trade, but they are out-funded and out-gunned. In this painting, I have shown a young Siberian male gazing
straight into your eyes. Do he and his
kin have a future? - Robert Bateman |
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" TOTEM SPIRITS - GOLD PENDANT "
Robert Bateman
Edition of 50
2.25" x 1.5"
$2475
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" TREE SWALLOW OVER POND "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
19.5" x 28.5"
$259
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This
painting was meant to be empty of any center interest. It was meant to be simply a view down into a pond, almost
Zen-like. - Robert Bateman
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" TRUMPETER SWAN FAMILY "
Robert Bateman
290 s/n Lithograph
20" x 29.625"
$1895
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The
trumpeter swan is the largest of North American waterfowl. It
combines the well known qualities of the swan family, such as
grace and loyalty, with a sense of the true North American wilderness.
- Robert Bateman
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" TSITIKA AND HER SON "
Robert Bateman
1500 s/n Paper 21.5" x 32.5" $1188
180 s/n Giclee Canvas 28" x 42" $1488
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We
heard the orcas before we saw them. On
the boat’s hydrophone their squeals, squeaks, whistles and sighs
sounded as if they were echoing in a cavernous space. Finally the mist lifted a little and we saw a phalanx of
black dorsal fins not too far off - a family pod. Then the mist swallowed them up again. Perhaps one of
the pods we glimpsed on that magical day of whale watching belonged
to a whale that researchers have named Tsitika, an orca matriarch
whose life history has given me a glimpse into the orca world. Tsitika and her family belong to the northern resident
population of British Columbia killer whales. They have a remarkable social system that we are just beginning
to understand. - Robert Bateman |
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" TAWNY OWL IN BEECH "
Robert Bateman
2000 s/n Paper
22.75" x 19"
$333
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In
this painting I wanted to capture the feeling of late afternoon,
of being under the umbrella of the beech tree. The leaves of the beech form a kind of coppery tapestry,
and the trunk is mottled with lichens. - Robert Bateman |
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" THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN "
Robert Bateman
950 s/n Paper
9" x 30"
$399
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| This title is based on some words of Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau. He said that we should think like a mountain, with a sense of permanence and a long view. At the beginning of the 21st century, we are at a peak of human power, wealth and information. We need to look back at our wonderful natural and human heritage, and cherish and protect the abundant values to be found there. We need to look out to the sides and see other parts of the world that need our help and can provide good ideas to go forward. We need to look ahead to be certain that our actions of today will make the world a better and richer and more varied place for our grandchildren and their grandchildren. Robert Bateman |
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" TIGER AT DAWN "
Robert Bateman
950
s/n Paper
18.875" x 30.375"
$1325
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In
a sense, this is a picture of grass. The
striking vertical yellow and amber stalks with the intermittent
shadows are as strong as the tiger’s stripes. I wanted to set up a disturbing, electric tension between
the shocking green sprig of grass near the center of the picture
and the tiger’s eyes - the only other green in the picture. -
Robert Bateman |
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" TIGER PORTRAIT "
Robert Bateman
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This
is a study of the head of one of the most magnificent cats in
the world. I have tried to show the power and dignity, as well
as the quiet sense of control and command, of this lordly beast.
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Robert Bateman
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" TOTEM SPIRITS - SILVER PENDANT "
Robert Bateman
Edition of 100
2.25" x 1.5"
$875
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" TROPICAL CANOPY - SCARLET MACAWS "
Robert Bateman
550 s/n Paper
17.25" x 31"
$155
150 s/n Giclee Canvas 20" x 36" $745
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| It is one thing to see, and especially hear, a scarlet macaw in a home or zoo. It is quite another thing to observe them in the wild. In another sense, the plumage of these birds is an aggressive commotion in color. But in the riotous chaos of a rainforest canopy, this cacophony of sound and color completely fits, in a kind of outstanding way. In this image, I included striking epipytes to compete with the birds in the colorful and complex canopy setting. Robert Bateman |
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" TRUMPETER SWANS AND ASPEN "
Robert Bateman
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In
this painting, I included one of my favorite trees, the aspen. Because of their softwood, older aspens
often lose branches in storms, giving the trees an oriental, bonsai
look. I followed up with the theme of the
Japanese screen by treating the whole picture in a flat delicate
manner. - Robert Bateman
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" TWILIGHT - SIBERIAN TIGER "
Robert Bateman
1350 s/n
Paper
18" x 29.875" $215
180 s/n
Canvas Giclee
20" x 30" $899
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| Night is the time of the tiger. He moves carefully and quietly through the blue world of late dusk in winter. Although it is misty, he has no problem seeing. Because the snow makes a pale background, he can easily be seen in this open woodland by his prey species, the elk. But there are greater difficulties facing this tiger and all of his wild brethren. I have portrayed this tiger almost vanished in the evening mists. I hope that present trends can be reversed before the wild population vanishes. Robert Bateman |
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