ROBERT BATEMAN

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Born in Toronto, Robert Bateman has been a keen artist and naturalist from his early days. Bateman's work has received international critical acclaim and has attracted an enormous following. His predominantly acrylic artwork is included in the collections of His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, the late Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

He has had many one-man museum shows throughout North America, including an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. His honors, awards and honorary doctorates are numerous; he was made Officer of the Order of Canada, that country's highest civilian award. he has also been the subject of three books and six films.

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Robert Bateman Biography

In all his works, the artist forces even the casual observer to pay attention to each strand of hair or thread of feather, revealing his careful attention to form, color, and light. Another Bateman trademark is his sensitive depiction of the natural habitat.

"I'm involved with every square inch," Bateman says of his works. In a telephone interview from his home on Salt Spring Island off the coast of British Columbia, he explained that he found his artistic style in his early 30s, soon after he saw a landmark show on Andrew Wyeth. ("The naturalist in me went shazam!") Before then, Bateman had dabbled in Cubism, Impressionism, and Abstract Expressionism.

Today, his well-honed realistic style attracts a large following and has been the subject of many one-man museum exhibits, including a show at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Many of the 35 paintings displayed at the museum have become recognizable, such as "Rocky Mountain Cougar," "Peregrine Falcon," and "Sheer Drop-Mountain Goats."

Bateman's art reflects a strong commitment to ecology and preservation, borne out of a lifelong love for the natural world.

"I've always been a naturalist, and I've always been an artist," Bateman says. "There's nothing special about that, because all little kids like art and nature, but most normal human beings grow up around the age of 12 or 13 and go on to more mature things. I just never reached that stage, and I'm still doing kid stuff."

Kid stuff aside, Bateman holds some very adult convictions about today's world. Since the early 1960s, he has been active in naturalist clubs and conservation organizations and become a spokesman for many environmental causes.

He freely shares his opinions on issues such as protecting the earth ("We need to face deeper actions than littering if we're going to have a good planet for the next 100 years"), electronics ("I'm a bit aghast at the percentage of young people whose entire lives are engrossed with screens - video games, computers, and TV"), and appreciating nature ("Put on your Walt Whitman hat ... you don't have to move to an island or Alaska").

Especially telling is his enthusiasm for joining his two passions. "I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth," he says. "And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to soak it up, to understand it as well as I can, and to absorb it. And then I'd like to put it together and express it in my paintings. This is the way I want to dedicate my work."

ROBET BATEMAN
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