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Backlight - Mute Swan

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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Robert Bateman: Backyard Birds

Featuring dramatic, detailed, and scientifically accurate color illustrations by the acclaimed wildlife artist, Robert Bateman, this beautiful book is written on a level that can be enjoyed by older children as well as by adults who are newcomers to bird watching.  The book opens on an autobiographical note, describing how, at the age of eight, the author stopped to watch a chickadee's gymnastics on a hedge.  As an adult, Bateman has sketched and painted birds in every corner of the world, and has developed deep insights into bird habitats, behavior, and survival skills.  This book's stunning illustrations, supplemented with descriptive notes, show a variety of familiar birds in their natural settings.  Readers who study these vivid illustration of the black-capped chickadee, the nuthatch, the downy woodpecker, the sparrow, the cardinal, the robin, and other species will come to see these fascinating birds in a new light.  The more than 65 color illustrations, supplemented with simple, direct text and interesting sidebars, make this unusual volume the perfect introduction to birding for nature lovers of all ages.

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Bald Eagle

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Bald Eagle Flying

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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Bald Eagle Portrait

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 I

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Baltimore Oriole & Plum Blossom

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Bank of Swans

I 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 Bateman

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Banyan Walk - Peacock

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Baobab Tree and Impala

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 Owl in the Churchyard

15.5" x 19.5"

19" x 24"

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 Bateman

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Barn Swallow and Horse Collar

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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Barn Swallows in August

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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Beach Grass and Tree Frog

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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Beaver Pond Reflections

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

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Big Country - Pronghorn Antelope

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

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Robert Bateman: Birds

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Bison Study

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Black-Crowned Night Heron Pair

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Black Eagle

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

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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Black-Tailed Deer in the Olympics

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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Blue Cranes
from the Sappi Portfolio

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Bluebird and Blossoms

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Bluebird and Blossoms
Prestige Edition

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Bluffing Bull - African Elephant

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

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Bounty of the Wetlands

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Bright Day - Atlantic Puffins

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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Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Pair

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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Brown Pelican and Pilings

The pelican painted here is alert but at ease with its bill resting on its chest.  The ropes and tackle on the pilings echo the form of the pelican's head and bill, while the white textures repeat the pattern of its back plumage. - Robert Bateman

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Buffalo at Amboseli

paper

500 signed & numbered

31" x 20.25"

$800

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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Bull Moose

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

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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Burrowing Owl

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By the River

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By the Tracks - Killdeer

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 Bateman