Beautiful Paintings Of Nature Biography
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When Robert Bateman discusses the importance of nature, one thing comes to mind: a missed connection. With our increasingly hectic lifestyles, it is easy to ignore opportunities to connect with nature. Even it is just five minutes a day, walking from your home or work to a nearby park or stand of trees, the importance of this connection cannot be undervalued for our individual mental and physical wellbeing and for broader social health.
The Robert Bateman Centre, which opened in May 2013 in the historic Steamship building along Victoria’s Inner Harbour, is inspiring people – to re-connect with nature. The Centre features more than 100 works by Robert Bateman, spanning seven decades as one of Canada’s premier artists. The exhibit invites guests to explore their relationship with the environment and pay homage to the majesty of nature. Tsitika & Her Son
Supported by The Bateman Foundation, The Centre was created to house and preserve Robert Bateman’s legacy, as well as to be a multi-purpose meeting place for collaboration, creative thinking, and networking about in-nature education initiatives.
Guests of the Robert Bateman Centre explore a series of galleries, featuring cutting-edge interactive technology that, when paired with Bateman’s remarkable collection of art, bring you face to face with wild animals, and spectacular wilderness.
One of the most unique galleries within the Centre creates a sense of a beautiful Canadian forest , featuring the largest display of Bateman birds, which documents both the spread of his fascination, and his deep romance with winged species. To create a sense of walking along a forest floor, a collection of birdsongs were recorded by Salt Spring Islanders John and Heather Neville. By moving a hand in front of a painting, the song of the bird featured on the artwork will call out within the gallery. Multiple hands bring you deep into a forest of birdsong.
Have you been lucky enough to witness the lively lynx or the passing silence of a wolf pack? The gallery featuring these beautiful mammals and inspiring landscapes is also open to a visitor’s curatorial expression, where more than 30 additional paintings in the digital collection can be used to complete the circle on this important and inspiring subject. Guests have the opportunity to choose the mega fauna that surrounds them. Other galleries within the Centre include pieces that range from large, almost abstract paintings to small intense landscapes. A special British Columbia section shows works inspired by Bateman’s 30 year home on the west coast of Canada. The gallery of African works features the time and spectrum of his romance with the continent from early works to recent favourites.
Tadpole Time, ©Robert Bateman, 1984, 12 x 17.5?, acrylic on board
One of Bateman’s favorite subjects is the human/nature interface. Heritage farms, dilapidated temples, patent rail fences, ploughed fields – often the natural experience most people associate with a strong nostalgia. A selection of images captures his Wyeth period – an outpouring of creativity based on a cathartic experience of the work of American realist Andrew Wyeth. Here you can participate in curating the last six images in the collection, using the same digital interactive technology featured in the mammals and landscapes galleries.
As a boy, Bateman drew images from his daily adventures up and down the urban ravines of central Toronto. Later, under the influence of celebrated artists such as the Group of Seven and Carl Schaefer, he adopted a big brush, eventually exploring abstract expressionism. Unknown to many, he was at the same time an exquisite portraitist, as this collection reveals. Bateman’s first work, a painting of an elk done at age 12, is featured in this gallery space.
With works that include a polar bear swimming in search for ice or land as well as the destruction of an old growth forest on the west coast of British Columbia, the social commentary gallery graphically documents the cost of big forestry, big mining, and big fisheries and invites visitors to pause and think about how these conditions affect them. Perhaps they will consider these images during their next interaction with nature, whether it’s a long, multi-day adventure, or a visit to their neighbourhood park for five minutes after a long day of work. One of Bateman’s favorite subjects is the human/nature interface. Heritage farms, dilapidated temples, patent rail fences, ploughed fields – often the natural experience most people associate with a strong nostalgia. A selection of images captures his Wyeth period – an outpouring of creativity based on a cathartic experience of the work of American realist Andrew Wyeth. Here you can participate in curating the last six images in the collection, using the same digital interactive technology featured in the mammals and landscapes galleries. As a boy, Bateman drew images from his daily adventures up and down the urban ravines of central Toronto. Later, under the influence of celebrated artists such as the Group of Seven and Carl Schaefer, he adopted a big brush, eventually exploring abstract expressionism. Unknown to many, he was at the same time an exquisite portraitist, as this collection reveals. Bateman’s first work, a painting of an elk done at age 12, is featured in this gallery space. With works that include a polar bear swimming in search for ice or land as well as the destruction of an old growth forest on the west coast of British Columbia, the social commentary gallery graphically documents the cost of big forestry, big mining, and big fisheries and invites visitors to pause and think about how these conditions affect them. Perhaps they will consider these images during their next interaction with nature, whether it’s a long, multi-day adventure, or a visit to their neighbourhood park for five minutes after a long day of work.
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Beautiful Paintings Of Nature Pintings of Nature Abstract on Canvas for Kids Scenes Love Beauty and Environment Wallpapers Easy Scenery
Beautiful Paintings Of Nature Pintings of Nature Abstract on Canvas for Kids Scenes Love Beauty and Environment Wallpapers Easy Scenery
Beautiful Paintings Of Nature Pintings of Nature Abstract on Canvas for Kids Scenes Love Beauty and Environment Wallpapers Easy Scenery
Beautiful Paintings Of Nature Pintings of Nature Abstract on Canvas for Kids Scenes Love Beauty and Environment Wallpapers Easy Scenery
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