Canadian artist Robert Bateman, is world renowned for his realistic wildlife paintings.
The 82-year-old artist is being honoured by having a nature trail near his boyhood home in Toronto named after him.
Later this month a new arts centre to be opened in Victoria British Columbia called The Robert Batemen Centre, will house the largest collection of his works in ten galleries, including a gallery on his B.C. works, and another on his paintings in Africa.
Robert Bateman grew up in the 1930’s and 40’s on a property abutting a railway line known as the Beltline around Toronto, with trains twice daily bringing ice packed in sawdust for the ice-boxes (refridgerators) for city residents from Lake Simcoe to the north. They also brought coal for industry, such as to the former brick works further along the trail, and deeper into the city.
The abandoned line, and former creek are now a 19km nature trail. A painter, naturalist, and occasional environmental activist, Mr Bateman says the trail, and the centre in B.C., will guard his legacy and his environmental message
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