Vigilance by Robert Bateman ~ I consider Vigilance my most important bald eagle painting.  It has the most dramatic qualities, which is appropriate for what may be the most dramatic bird in North America. The whole feeling of this painting reminds me of Sung dynasty painting and Japanese brush painting.  There is an empty quadrant in the upper left of the painting, because empty space is as essential and meaningful to me as it was to the ancient Orientals. Vigilance also has a kind of "now you see it, now you don't" quality.  Like the effect of ink on silk, the painting looks flat, but it has depth.  The strong verticals of the trees and the cliffs are also related to these oriental schools of art The snow adds a seasonal note that makes the painting a moment in time, like a tapestry. As in most of my paintings, there is an environmental message in Vigilance.  I like the mysteriousness of the old growth forests, particularly those of the Pacific Northwest.  These are giant cedars, the legendary tree of the West Coast Indians.  They are so precious yet we are consuming them at an alarming rate.  Every day, the bald eagle must be vigilant to survive.  We too must be vigilant, every day, to protect. Born in Toronto, Robert Bateman has been a keen artist and naturalist from his early days. He has always painted wildlife and nature, beginning with a representational style, moving through impressionism and cubism to abstract expressionism. In his early thirties he moved back to realism as a more suitable way to express the particularity of the planet. It is this style that has made him one of the foremost artists depicting the world of nature

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