Poplar Tree and Buffleheads by Robert Bateman

Poplar Trees and Buffleheads by Robert Bateman, available from Prickly Pear Galleries.

 

"...The strong black and white markings of the male make interesting and graceful shapes. I always associate them with the happy but chilling hours I spent as a teenager with my buddies roaming the northern shore of Lake Ontario. The Lombardy poplar is an elegant immigrant from Europe reminiscent of canals of Holland and laneways in France. I enjoyed the shapes in the silhouette with the glinting of sun on the icy water." - Robert Bateman.

Print released September 2011.