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100 + limited editions by Robert Bateman on display in the gallery
NEW RELEASE: 30th ANNIVERSARY OF "MIDNIGHT BLACK WOLF"
Biggs' Gallery: Taking orders now until May 15th (tentative order deadline).
Large format, very limited run 33"x44" (approx. 3'x4' framed)
Biggs' Gallery: Taking orders now until May 15th (tentative order deadline).
Large format, very limited run 33"x44" (approx. 3'x4' framed)
“Midnight Black Wolf” 33” x 44” Giclee on Clay-Board – 290 S/N and 49 A/P - $2695.00 US (Est. $3200 CDN preorder/prepaid)
From Nature's Scene: The 30th Anniversary edition of "Midnight - Black Wolf" marks the anniversary of the original print release (1989, 25352 s/n @ $485 ) which raised over a million dollars for wolf conservation. THE EDITION SERIAL NUMBERS (290 s/n) WILL BE ALLOCATED IN ORDER OF DEPOSITS RECEIVED. This is an exclusive update on one of Robert Bateman's greatest works. The artist remarks that the giclee on clayboard is as true a reproduction to the original as is possible at this time. The painting was also reissued as a giclee canvas (550 s/n @ $2595) in 2003.
Thirty years ago the wolf in the wild was facing extinction. Two organizations were originally selected as beneficiaries: The Wolf Sanctuary and the World Wildlife Fund. The Wolf Sanctuary Wild Canid Survival and Research Centre (located in St. Louis) was fostered by Marlin Perkins, who founded the organization in 1971 to preserve in captivity the species of wolf most threatened by extinction in the wild. The facility (as of 1989) was breeding both red and Mexican wolves in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At the time the Mexican wolf was extincted in the southwestern U.S. with only 32 remaining in captivity. The red wolf was also extincted in the wild with only 83 remaining in captivity. Funds raised from the initial release in 1989 were also directed through the WWF toward projects protecting the wild habitat of wolves, curbing predator control programs and maintaining the field work of wildlife biologists who produced the information needed for the preservation of wolves.
Wolves have throughout the ages been superstitiously regarded as evil and therefore to be feared and exterminated. The timber wolf has been pushed farther north in Canada to Alaska and is still found only in remote parts of the northern U.S. The buffalo wolf, the largest of the species, was trapped to extinction and will never be recovered. The red wolf or "lobo" once common in the American Southwest has been pushed back to Mexico. The red wolf common in the southern U.S., the smaller and more colourful of the species, has survived in small colonies despite declining habitat and cross-breeding with the coyote. The wolf is symbolic of still untamed wilderness of the western world and efforts to preserve the species must continue if wolves are to survive in the wild.
Thirty years ago the wolf in the wild was facing extinction. Two organizations were originally selected as beneficiaries: The Wolf Sanctuary and the World Wildlife Fund. The Wolf Sanctuary Wild Canid Survival and Research Centre (located in St. Louis) was fostered by Marlin Perkins, who founded the organization in 1971 to preserve in captivity the species of wolf most threatened by extinction in the wild. The facility (as of 1989) was breeding both red and Mexican wolves in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At the time the Mexican wolf was extincted in the southwestern U.S. with only 32 remaining in captivity. The red wolf was also extincted in the wild with only 83 remaining in captivity. Funds raised from the initial release in 1989 were also directed through the WWF toward projects protecting the wild habitat of wolves, curbing predator control programs and maintaining the field work of wildlife biologists who produced the information needed for the preservation of wolves.
Wolves have throughout the ages been superstitiously regarded as evil and therefore to be feared and exterminated. The timber wolf has been pushed farther north in Canada to Alaska and is still found only in remote parts of the northern U.S. The buffalo wolf, the largest of the species, was trapped to extinction and will never be recovered. The red wolf or "lobo" once common in the American Southwest has been pushed back to Mexico. The red wolf common in the southern U.S., the smaller and more colourful of the species, has survived in small colonies despite declining habitat and cross-breeding with the coyote. The wolf is symbolic of still untamed wilderness of the western world and efforts to preserve the species must continue if wolves are to survive in the wild.
BLACK WOLF
Canis lupus
“Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?' This old nursery rhyme is part of a centuries-old myth that wolves are evil. In ancient
Europe, wolf and man were actually competitors for the same prey species, such as deer. In some cases, Homo sapiens
was an Old World prey species of the wolf. Of course, far more wolves were killed by man than vice versa.
In fact, wolves and man have very much in common: both species are gregarious, have a hierarchy of status, teach their
young and work in cooperation. The species' rivalry, however, has fostered a tradition of mutual mistrust. An encounter
makes the hair stand up on the back of the necks of both man and wolf.
In this painting I wanted to show an ominous presence of a mature, lone wolf. I wanted to create a mood of seriousness
and respect - not threat. From the artistic point of view, I was intrigued by the challenge of portraying a black animal on
an almost black background. It is something like playing a whole piano composition in half an octave of the bass section.”
-- Robert Bateman
"Seaside Retreat"
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"The Dancer"
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