**Missing 1 page Stunning Nature Artwork Offered here is an entirely new selection of more than ninety paintings, including some of his most recent works, carefully reproduced in accurate full color. The paintings of Robert Bateman have a powerful impact that photography cannot equal and that few other painters can achieve. His skill at depicting a spectacular variety of birds and mammals in rich, complex settings has brought him to the forefront of his field and to international The Art of Robert Bateman, this remarkable artist's best-selling first book, could contain only a traction of the major paintings he has produced. Now The World of Robert Bateman offers an entirely new selection of more than ninety paintings, including some of his most recent works, carefully reproduced in accurate full color. Bateman's art depicts wildlife within fully-rendered landscapes, recreating for the viewer the thrilling moment of actually seeing a bird or animal in the wild. His highly developed painterly technique, combined with a thorough knowledge of the natural sciences, enables him to create pictures that are stunningly accurate as well as breathtakingly alive. As one critic has noted, "Beyond the fine detail and atmospheric composition of his paintings ... he gives the ten percent extra that makes the difference between good and great." From the magnificent game animals of Kenya to a tiny hermit thrush perched beside a Haida totem pole in British Columbia, from an elf owl in an old saguaro cactus in the Arizona desert to a barn owl in an English churchyard, the pictures reproduced here express the full range of Bateman's travels, interests, and talent. The artist's commentaries throughout the book demonstrate his skills as a naturalist and give the reader a fascinating and personal insight into how a Bateman painting is created. The introduction by Ramsay Derry is based on extensive interviews and travels with Bateman, and shows him in action as a teacher, naturalist, conservationist and, always, as a productive and dedicated artist.