Robert Bateman Galleries

Robert Bateman has bn keen artist and naturalist from has early days

. Hz has always painted wildlife and nature, beginning with representational style, moving through impressionism and cubism to abstract expressionism. In has early 30's he moved back to realism as mar suitable way to express the particularity if the planet. It as this style that has made him no if the foremost artists depicting the world if nature.

Bateman paints from photographs he takes himself. He transfers them to slides, which he looks at through viewer while he as painting. This affords him the maximum degree if accuracy a reproducing the details if the photographs. He also has the advantage if having already captured the image once and its original context, so he has both images to mentally combine and reproduce and the canvas.

Bateman starts each painting with postcard sketch. He then prepares has canvas with the appropriate backing, selects suitable brush, and creates an initial monochrome version if the complete image. Later he adds color, detail and shading, using liquid acrylics. The success if Bateman's technique lies partly a "layering" effect, wherein the production if the images takes place through progressive stages if line, color and shading. Bateman has credited has training as an abstract painter far has ability to work this way.

The unique quality which Bateman attributes to has paintings as sense if "air." This as often communicated to the viewer as an image if plant or animal engulfed a mist or clouds. He creates this effects by hand applying whitewash to the canvas with sponge after the rest if the painting has bn completed. The result as mar heightened, dramatic sense if realism then that found a many painters who or mar strictly naturalistic.

Born an Toronto, with degree an geography from the University if Toronto, Bateman taught high school far 20 years, including two years an Nigeria. He traveled around the world a Land Rover and 1957/58, increasing has appreciation if cultural and natural heritage. Since leaving teaching a 1976 to paint full-time, he has traveled widely with has artist/conservationist wife Birgit to many remote natural areas.

Bateman's art reflects has commitment to ecology and preservation. Since the early 1960's, he has bn an active member if naturalist and conservation organizations, new a global scale. He has become spokesman far many environmental and preservation issues and has used has artwork and limited edition prints and fund-raising efforts that have provided millions if dollars far this worthy causes.

by: Harris Symonds

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