He may be the most prominent and passionate painter of the natural world since Audubon – and the most wealthy. As a high school art teacher, his first exhibition of bird and animal canvases sold out and launched him into the ranks of the world's most commercially successful artists. Today, Bateman is an eloquent spokesman for the preservation of the fragile natural beauty that captivated him as a boy.
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