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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Robert Bateman’s Art” text_orientation=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”|||on|||||” title_font_size=”38px” title_letter_spacing=”9px” custom_margin=”|4px||4px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|4px|0px|4px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Throughout the journey around the world, Bob Bateman tirelessly created art to record his experiences. In many ways, the art can be more expressive and revealing than the photographs as each work carries with it, Bateman’s experience. Arriving in Africa with a bias towards abstract expressionism, Bateman has an epiphany somewhere at the beginning of Central Africa. He realized he was not ‘paying attention’ \u2013 a theme he would often return to later in life. He began truly looking and recording what he saw. Very quickly, his sketchbooks and quick paintings became fluid, skillful and arresting. [Note: all images here \u00a9Robert Bateman][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#E02B20″ text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-12px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”496%” min_height=”258.5px” height=”844px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=”on” item_width=”1206px” item_width_tablet=”640px” item_width_phone=”351px” item_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” multislide=”on” transition_duration=”0″ centermode=”on” arrow_nav=”on” dot_nav=”on” item_spacing=”100″ lazy_loading=”on” keyboard_control=”on” simulatetouch=”on” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” image_force_fullwidth=”on” item_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” image_container_margin=”||24px||false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_font_size=”12px” background_color=”#000000″ module_alignment=”center” min_height=”384.9px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”English Village Sketch” sub_title=”Location unknown.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\"\"[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Waves & Seabird” sub_title=”Bateman found the voyage from Liverpool to Ghana a bit tedious. Especially with respect to art-making. Here is a wave painting \u2013 one of a few he did. Note the seabird skimming the waves. Never could Bateman present an ecosystem without some evidence of its denizens.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\"\"[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Anchor Chain” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Laundry” sub_title=”What do you paint after 10 days at sea?” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Self-portrait?” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Bristol Reading” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-22px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||8px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Africa” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”|||on|||||” title_text_align=”center” title_font_size=”38px” custom_padding=”25px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”496%” min_height=”258.5px” height=”844px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=”on” item_width=”1206px” item_width_tablet=”640px” item_width_phone=”351px” item_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” multislide=”on” transition_duration=”0″ centermode=”on” arrow_nav=”on” dot_nav=”on” item_spacing=”100″ lazy_loading=”on” keyboard_control=”on” simulatetouch=”on” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” image_force_fullwidth=”on” item_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” image_container_margin=”||24px||false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_font_size=”12px” background_color=”#000000″ module_alignment=”center” min_height=”384.9px” global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Forest Camp” sub_title=”Location unknown. Likely in the Cameroons as the painting style still reflects the dark, somber look of Bateman’s mid-fifties paintings. ” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Forest River” sub_title=”Likely in the Cameroons” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”The Grizzly Torque” sub_title=”Location unkown. Possibly the mountainous region of the Cameroons or Nepal.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Forest Walkers” sub_title=”Sketched somewhere between West Africa and the Congo. ” field_enable_content_limit=”on” field_limit_content_length=”70″ button_url_new_window=”1″ image=”https:\/\/noroadforoldmen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jungle-Walkers-sketch-scaled.jpg” image_position=”image_bottom” image_padding=”-1px||4px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|700|||||||” body_text_color=”#E09900″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Portrait of a Nigerian Woman” sub_title=”In the early stage of the trip, Bateman’s full paintings resembled the darker, heavier style he pursued in the 50’s. Quickly, his portraits become fresh and intimate.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\"\"[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”The Grizzly Torque” sub_title=”This image is likely from a stop near the Lindi River in the congo where they rested and Bristol went off looking for orchids.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Congo Sketchbook” sub_title=”Already the sketchbook pages are getting more detailed and skillful.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Rainforest with Boat” sub_title=”Perhaps somewhere in the Congo on a tributary of the Congo River.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Three Women” sub_title=”Bateman also began creating intimate quick sketches that proved extraordinarily evocative of his experience. He finished this sketch in perhaps a few minutes.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”October 14, 1957″ sub_title=”This is drawn in the vicinity of Bangui on the edge of the Congo River basin. Here western exploitation of the rainforest for coffee and plam plantations is becoming evident.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Butembo Sketchbook” sub_title=”More evidence of exploitation as per last image. ” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Along the Ubangi River” sub_title=”This sketchbook page is from October 16\/17 as they encounter more open land and villages northwest of the Congo basin.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Stanleyville Sketchbook” sub_title=”In these pages from the ringbound notebooks Bateman began recording the trip from a different viewpoint after his epiphany. ” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mbuti Portraits” sub_title=”Drawn during the Rover Boys stay at Camp Putnam in the Ituri Forest.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Okapi Impression” sub_title=”This was probably painted of an Okapi in captivity at the decrepit Belgian zoo located near Camp Putnam in the Ituri Forest. Somehow the unusual treatment evokes its misery.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mbuti Portrait” sub_title=”Camp Putnam. ” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Women Dancing” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Large-eared Bat” sub_title=”The Rover Boys collected specimens for western museums. They were especially fascinated by bats.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mouse & Bird Sketchbook” sub_title=”….and mice. They did NOT trap birds.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Rwanda Sketchbook” sub_title=”A rare glimpse of Rwanda\/Burundi before all the trouble.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Foothills of Rwenzori ” sub_title=”This sketchbook page drawn probably as they waited for their guides and porters.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Lower Slopes” sub_title=”This forbidding image captures their last relatively full view of the Mountains of The Moon before they began climbing.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Lush Clifface” sub_title=”On the first day of the climb, they were delighted to find a lush vertical landscape seemingly out of a scifi movie.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mountains of The Moon” sub_title=”Periodically the clouds would part afford quick glimpses of the mountains. Too dark and too transitory for camers but Bateman was able to catch an impression.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Uganda\/Kenya” sub_title=”As they drive into northern Kenya around the top of Lake Victoria, signs of British colonial rule begin to appear. Note the increasing sophisitcation of the sketchbooks. Remember, Bateman was drwing these AS THEY DROVE!” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Massai Sketchbook” sub_title=”Drawn just before Christmas near the Ngorogoro Crate in Tanzania.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Masaai Settlements Sketchbook” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Masaai Herders” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Man in Kenya Portrait” sub_title=”Not sure who this is but perhaps from the norther farming region.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Giraffe Sketches” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Rhino” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”India” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”|||on|||||” title_text_align=”center” title_font_size=”38px” custom_padding=”26px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”496%” min_height=”258.5px” height=”844px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=”on” item_width=”1206px” item_width_tablet=”640px” item_width_phone=”351px” item_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” multislide=”on” transition_duration=”0″ centermode=”on” arrow_nav=”on” dot_nav=”on” item_spacing=”100″ lazy_loading=”on” keyboard_control=”on” simulatetouch=”on” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” image_force_fullwidth=”on” item_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” image_container_margin=”||24px||false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_font_size=”12px” background_color=”#000000″ module_alignment=”center” min_height=”384.9px” global_colors_info=”{}”][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”India” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mother & Daughter” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Woman sleeping with children” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Water Buffalo” sub_title=”Likely seen at Baratpur Reserve” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”India Landscape” sub_title=”Probably seen around the time of the ‘Accident'” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Man with Turban” sub_title=”Unknown. But probably in Banaras” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Ganges Sketchbook” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Ganges Sketchbook 2″ button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Baratpur Birds” sub_title=”The Rover Boys went back rto the Baratpur Marshes twice. They would both return there later in life.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Carts sketchbook” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Ganges Boats” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Calcutta” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”496%” min_height=”258.5px” height=”844px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Nepal & Sikkim” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”|||on|||||” title_text_align=”center” title_font_size=”38px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”||-65px||false|false” custom_padding=”22px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=”on” item_width=”1206px” item_width_tablet=”640px” item_width_phone=”351px” item_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” multislide=”on” transition_duration=”0″ centermode=”on” arrow_nav=”on” dot_nav=”on” item_spacing=”100″ lazy_loading=”on” keyboard_control=”on” simulatetouch=”on” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” image_force_fullwidth=”on” item_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” image_container_margin=”||24px||false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_font_size=”12px” background_color=”#000000″ module_alignment=”center” min_height=”384.9px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”42px||||false|false” custom_padding=”15px||||false|false”][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Nepal” sub_title=”In the intervening 65 years, the images of Nepal and Sikkim become confused. Both vantage points afforded views of the Himalayas. And their histories were entwined.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Nepal Sketchbook” sub_title=”This page was labelled as Nepal but I am frankly unsure. The geography is incorrect as are many of the details. You decide. ” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Nepalese Portrait” sub_title=”Bateman has come back to this image many times in his career. He views it (approporiately) as seminal to his desire to SEE the world and be paying attention.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Prayer flags” sub_title=”This image also appears in the photo section. Somehow the painting better evokes the spirits on the wind.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Kathmandu Sketchbook” sub_title=”Most of what Bateman captured here was effectively erased in the earthquakes of 2015.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mountains Painting” sub_title=”probably the view they saw on approaching Nepal” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Nepal Road” sub_title=”Perhaps the most evokative of Batemans paintings in Nepal, this captures the challenge of driving the GT over into the valley of Kathmandu.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Kasa of Lahsa Portrait” sub_title=”This portrait of a woman claims to be of Lhasa (Tibet). However, despite attempts through Sikkim, they never made it into Tibet. Possibly sahe was with the group of Tibetan traders they met on the road.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Sikkim Hilltop Painting” sub_title=”Probably far north in Sikkim near the border with Tibet.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Mule Camp” sub_title=”The Rover Boys stopped for the night with a group of Tibetan traders and their mules.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Painting of Mules” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][et_pb_heading title=”BURMA %91Myanmar%93″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_font_size=”38px” title_letter_spacing=”9px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”5px||||false|false” custom_padding=”21px||18px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=”on” item_width=”1206px” item_width_tablet=”640px” item_width_phone=”351px” item_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” multislide=”on” transition_duration=”0″ centermode=”on” arrow_nav=”on” dot_nav=”on” item_spacing=”100″ lazy_loading=”on” keyboard_control=”on” simulatetouch=”on” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” image_force_fullwidth=”on” item_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” image_container_margin=”||24px||false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_font_size=”12px” background_color=”#000000″ module_alignment=”center” min_height=”384.9px” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”||54px|||”][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Rangoon” sub_title=”The Rover Boys were quite taken with the beautiful women of Rangoon in their white or blush coloured ‘longyi’ tube dresses.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Boats, Rangoon Harbour” sub_title=”Before they were allowed to disembark, the rover Boys passed the time watching these small taxi boats navigate the swift current of the river.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Village Sketch” sub_title=”given the horizontal geography, this may have been along the route north from Rangoon before they turned east towards the Thai border..” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Indigenous Hilltop Hut” sub_title=”This is presumed to be Burma \u2013 probably on the western edge of the Shan Highlands.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Hill Tribe Sketchbooks” sub_title=”Bateman drew furious throughout most of Burma.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Burmese Portrait” sub_title=”It is remarkable that Bateman was able to charm women into sitting for portraits. This may have been the wife of the dug lord who invited them to dinner.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Portrait of a Woman” sub_title=”Also possibly the Shawbwa’s wife. Bateman did two sittings with her at her husband’s request.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Elder in Village Painting” sub_title=”This may be the Italian cleric Bristol befriended in Monghpyak.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Akha Sketchbooks” sub_title=”Perhaps the most fascinating of all the indigenous tribes they met were they Akha \u2013 nomads who had migrated into Burma from Tibet.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Akha Village” sub_title=”The Akha maintained a closeknit closed society and, somewhat like the pygmies, would move location when the land around them showed signs of strain from their harvesting.” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][et_pb_heading title=”Thailand & Malaya” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_font_size=”38px” title_letter_spacing=”9px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”5px||||false|false” custom_padding=”21px||18px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ title_font=”|||on|||||”][\/et_pb_heading][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=”on” item_width=”1206px” item_width_tablet=”640px” item_width_phone=”351px” item_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” multislide=”on” transition_duration=”0″ centermode=”on” arrow_nav=”on” dot_nav=”on” item_spacing=”100″ lazy_loading=”on” keyboard_control=”on” simulatetouch=”on” overlay_color_field_bgcolor=”rgba(255,255,255,0.85)” image_force_fullwidth=”on” item_padding=”24px||24px||false|false” image_container_margin=”||24px||false|false” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” subtitle_font_size=”12px” background_color=”#000000″ module_alignment=”center” min_height=”384.9px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][dica_divi_carouselitem title=”Thai Hill Tribe Elder” sub_title=”The hill tribes (Akha and others) migrated back and forth across the Golden Triangle borders (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia) ” button_url_new_window=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Thai Food Stand” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Hill Top Hut painting” sub_title=”May be Thailand or Malaya” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Portrait” sub_title=”Probably a Thai trader.” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Boy” sub_title=”The comment attached to this sketch says ‘Notebook Man'” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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[\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Harbour Painting” sub_title=”Suspect this is Bangkok.” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

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