“An Ascending Landscape - Immature Bald Eagle”

by Harvey Bodach

Original Unframed Painting done with Acrylics on Masonite Board

43.25” x 27”

Floating Wood Frame

45.25” x 29”

Completion Year - 2022

ORIGINAL SOLD

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2024 ARTISTS’ CHOICE ONLINE EXHIBITION

A Juried International Competition and Sale with the

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February 1 to 18, 2024

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If you have travelled lately along the shores of the great lakes or inland country roads of southern Ontario you may have witnessed the return of the majestic Bald Eagle. Once on the endangered species list, this raptor has made a stunning recovery. Their numbers declined in the 70’s as a result of exposure to the pesticide DDT in use by farmers. This chemical weakened the eggshell and prevented eagles from reproducing successfully.

Their successful recovery is attributed to a number of factors including law enforcement of the 1972 ban on DDT, breeding and reintroduction programs, as well as habitat and nest protection.

Equally surprising is the discovery in recent years of old growth White Cedars clinging to life along the rocky outcrops of the Niagara Escarpment. Recent measurements on these trees have found that some are between 700-1000 years old. Having survived the ravages of forest fires, logging and settlement clearings, these trees have also become a success story.

Pictured here is a young two year old immature bald eagle with diverse plumage in transition, clinging to life on a Cedar limb which is fastened to a cliff side rock of the escarpment. The raptors wings are in motion, spreading outward as energy builds for flight. The surrounding landscape ascends the picture plain with equal power as scarred and weathered rock and billowing storm clouds build skyward.

This painting is a statement on the survival of both the Bald Eagle and the White Cedar Tree. Both have endured hardships of a challenging environment and each cling to life in a landscape that climbs skyward as a sign for their success.

(Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Giclée Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Prints of painting are also available

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Original art is best seen in person. If that is not always possible, then four cropped close-ups set here in higher resolution of the original painting can help. Move from left side, clockwise, the white cropping marks indicate the area in the painting.

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