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ROBERT BATEMAN
Dark Gyrfalcon

The gyrfalcon is the king of the falcons and is much sought after by the falconers of the world.  In this painting, I wanted to indicate a lonely feeling, thus I have the bird looking a bit wistful at the bottom of a large misty place. - R. B.

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Daylilies and Dragonflies

The graceful curves of the daylilies interlaced with wild grasses and set against the still waters of the pond reminded me of a Japanese screen.  The dragonflies were using the daylilies as vantage points to watch for insect prey. They always seemed to me like noble warriors of the air. slender, alert and agile. - R. B.

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Defensive Stand

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Descending Shadows - Timberwolves

As a culture, wolves live communally and teach their young.  They are a culture whose lifestyle has evolved in deep forests in need of those vast undisturbed tracts of old trees in order to survive, but the destruction of the forests in the past few decades has far surpassed that of previous centuries.  Let us hope that we can find alternative sources of fiber and protect these large areas of old growth forests and the wolves which inhabit them. - R. B.

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Dik Diks

I have always been attracted to intimate scenes - a few square yards of seemingly ordinary field, forest floor or scrubland, which are filled with variety and complexity if you look carefully.  The dik-diks are small, the smallest of African antelopes, only about twelve inches high.  You can see the scale of the painting by the relative size of the elephant dung, a typical feature of dik-dik habitat, as are the different grasses and bushes and the volcanic rock.  The dik-diks are attractive animals to look at and to paint.  They resemble tremendously condensed high-strung racehorses.  Every muscle shows, and their anatomy and bone structure seem very tight and interlocked.  They are exceptionally nervous and you usually see them either in a freeze position or else springing out of sight. - R. B.

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Dipper by the Waterfall

I put this dipper into this picture because dippers are almost the spirit of little woodland rivers and streams.  They are completely at home in, around and under the waterfalls.  They dash into areas where one would expect them to be swept to their deaths in search of insect larvae. - R. B.

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Dispute over Prey

The scene I've recreated here is very common; the lioness makes the kill, and the male moves in to commence the feast.  A lioness is used to putting a male in his place in disputes over protecting cubs or a fresh kill.  It's mostly bluff and bluster, but in the case of feeding, she usually lets him get his way. - R. B.

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Distant Danger - Raccoon

Here I have shown a raccoon on alert to a potential threat.  It may need to fight or it may need to flee, but more likely it will go on with its business of poking along the stream edge looking for frogs or crayfish. - R. B.

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Douglas Fir and Rufous Hummingbird

paper

950
signed & numbered

15" x 22.25"

$175

Weightless as a sunbeam and glowing like an ember, the rufous hummingbird darts into view, disappearing as soon as you blink.  Especially drawn to red flowers like a tiny bull charging a matador's cape, he rushes from one bloom to another. - R. B.

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Down for a Drink - Mourning Dove

The mourning dove is one of the commonest and most widespread birds in the inhabited part of North America.  Although its cousin, the passenger pigeon, was pushed to extinction, the mourning dove has thrived.  I am sure that there are more of them now than there were before the white man came to this continent. - R. B.

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Downy Woodpecker on Goldenrod Gall

Huddled in the blowing snow, the male downy woodpecker has found a morsel of food in a goldenrod gall. - R. B.

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Dozing Lynx

My painting shows the lynx in a late evening's tranquil moment at the entrance to a cave.  It is at peace - lightly dozing prior to its night hunt. - R. B.

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Dozing Lynx

$25

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Driftwood Perch - Striped Swallows

The striped swallow is a bird found in Africa, but they are like swallows the world over.  They are trim and streamlined, and they seem to be in motion even when at rest.  Even though they seem delicate, they appear hard, almost as if they were sculpted out of metal.  This perch appealed to me because of its texture, its sculptural shapes and the way it echoes the form of the birds. - R. B.