RIVERWIND GALLERY PRESENTS ART FROM THE BEST!
Rod Frederick
Wildlife Artist
Biography
Autumn Front
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
20"w x 26"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
20"w x 26"h.
Edition Size:75
$
695.00
"I've lived in Oregon my entire life," says Rod Frederick. "I currently live on the mountain side, but for years I lived on the coast. In late autumn, the sea begins to churn, the weather gets rough and the landscape is soaked with rain. I love to travel to that side of the state every once in a while in the fall and see the black-tailed deer emerging from the forest. The colors of the vine and big leaf maple leaves have intensified with the rain and the entire atmosphere is charged and heavy. The black-tailed buck feels the change of seasons acutely; the autumn has made him aggressive and ready to defend his territory."
Barely Spring
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
12"w x 26"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
12"w x 26"h.
Edition Size:75
$
495.00
The black bear, the smallest of the three North American species of bear, actually comes in many colors, ranging from bluish-black to brown. In the past, visitors to national parks sometimes fed the black bears and the animals occasionally frightened a tourist by aggressively approaching them for more food. When left alone in their own habitat, however, black bears are shy and avoid people. Visitors are forbidden to feed them now, so the bears have retreated to the back country where they lead an elusive existence in forests ranging as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico.
“I have spotted black bears on many hiking expeditions,” says artist Rod Frederick. “I encountered this full-grown male one day in the lingering snow of early spring in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. I turned the corner and there he was. Because bears have notoriously bad eyesight, it took a moment before he sensed me. When he did, he turned and ran. Seeing him so close was an exhilarating experience.”
“I have spotted black bears on many hiking expeditions,” says artist Rod Frederick. “I encountered this full-grown male one day in the lingering snow of early spring in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. I turned the corner and there he was. Because bears have notoriously bad eyesight, it took a moment before he sensed me. When he did, he turned and ran. Seeing him so close was an exhilarating experience.”
Coming Home
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
36"w x 14"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
36"w x 14"h.
Edition Size:75
$
625.00
The inspiration for this painting came from the early successes in re-populating the West Coast with the bald eagle, our national symbol that had landed on the endangered species list in 1967. Loss of habitat, hunting and the suspected effects of the insecticide DDT on eagle fertility contributed to their steep decline throughout the 19th century. In 2007, the Interior Department took the eagle off the Endangered Species list but the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act continues to make it illegal to take, sell, trade or collect eagles or eagle parts.
“It’s one of my favorite subjects to paint,” says Rod Frederick. “I see them all the time here in the Cascades.” Over two thirds of the world’s bald eagle population has “come home” to breed and thrive in Alaska and British Columbia, largely due to the undeveloped land and the salmon fisheries.
“It’s one of my favorite subjects to paint,” says Rod Frederick. “I see them all the time here in the Cascades.” Over two thirds of the world’s bald eagle population has “come home” to breed and thrive in Alaska and British Columbia, largely due to the undeveloped land and the salmon fisheries.
Crossing Paths
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
31"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
31"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:75
$
1,250.00
No two animals personify the spirit of the North American wilderness better than the wolf and the bear. While few of us will ever chance upon either in our backwoods excursions, the knowledge that they exist is what truly makes the wilderness wild. In this beautiful diptych, artist Rod Frederick portrays an unexpected meeting of these wilderness icons deep in a Pacific Northwest rain forest. The sudden opportunity for these ranging wolves is an abrupt peril for this sow and her cubs. Do her ferocious motherly instincts present the potential of enough pain and suffering for this pack to move on or has it been too long since their last meal? While each panel of this diptych would stand alone as a work of art unto itself, together they create a story filled with the expanse of the wilderness and the drama of the wild.
Distant Horizons
Print
Size
10 x 23-1/4
Edition
Size:
650
$
145.00
Double Team
SMALLWORK
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
8"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
8"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:75
$
245.00
In Tall Timber
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
18"w x 28"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
18"w x 28"h.
Edition Size:75
$
525.00
“This was one of my first paintings of a grizzly,” says artist Rod Frederick, “and it’s also one of my favorites. The setting is Glacier National Park, a haven for grizzlies in the lower 48 states because it’s over a million acres; since it was established in 1910 the wildlife were protected early on. There are an estimated 300 grizzlies in the Park. Grizzlies can be dangerous but despite their size and strength they are predominantly vegetarian and learn from their mothers where and when to look for succulent food. We interrupted this forager and I recommend we take a step back now … many steps back.”
Love is in the Air
MASTERWORK
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
41"w x 13"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
41"w x 13"h.
Edition Size:75
$
695.00
“Within a few weeks the golden leaves of the aspen trees will have fallen,” says artist Rod Frederick, “but at this very second this bull moose has stumbled into a magical moment with his lovely lady. Autumn is my favorite season of the year, when the leaves begin to change and the large ungulates—the elk, deer and moose—try to take care of all the things they need to do before the long winter arrives.
“The scene shown here exists in no particular place, but is in fact a composite of several locations from Alaska to Wyoming and Montana. These hardy spruce and fir trees have seen quite a lot of snow, but they’ve been around long enough to see that spring is never very far away . . . except in Alaska.”
“The scene shown here exists in no particular place, but is in fact a composite of several locations from Alaska to Wyoming and Montana. These hardy spruce and fir trees have seen quite a lot of snow, but they’ve been around long enough to see that spring is never very far away . . . except in Alaska.”
Moonlighting
SMALLWORK
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
9"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
9"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:75
$
195.00
On the Rocks
MASTERWORK
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
40"w x 21"h.
Edition Size:100
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
40"w x 21"h.
Edition Size:100
$
950.00
“Open spaces are exciting,” Frederick says.“In them I have a chance to get away and perhaps get a glimpse of my favorite animal, the mountain goat”—which just so happens to be the subject of Frederick's latest Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Limited Edition, On the Rocks. “Few people have witnessed what artist Rod Frederick has seen first hand.
In this painting, he is able to bring the viewer on his adventures high above the timberline.“ The summers are short in the high country.This is a great vantage point, safe from predators and with few trees to block the view.”The treacherous terrain of On the Rocks is difficult hiking for even the advanced climber, but Rod Frederick is as adept as his subject, and well aware of the lengths to which one must sometimes go to create the perfect painting. And what a view it is!
In this painting, he is able to bring the viewer on his adventures high above the timberline.“ The summers are short in the high country.This is a great vantage point, safe from predators and with few trees to block the view.”The treacherous terrain of On the Rocks is difficult hiking for even the advanced climber, but Rod Frederick is as adept as his subject, and well aware of the lengths to which one must sometimes go to create the perfect painting. And what a view it is!
Ram-Bunctious
35 x 14
Edition
Size:
180
Giclee Canvas
Giclee Canvas
$
550.00
Scarlet Tanager
SMALLWORK
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
8"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
8"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:75
$
175.00
Send In The Clowns
18 x 31
Edition
Size:
180
Giclee Canvas
Giclee Canvas
$
525.00
Summer Place
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
15"w x 32"h.
Edition Size:100
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
15"w x 32"h.
Edition Size:100
$
650.00
Few people have witnessed what artist Rod Frederick has seen first hand. Through his paintings, he is able to bring the viewer along on his adventures high above the timberline." Summers are short in the high country," Frederick says of his latest fine art limited edition, Summer Place, set in the high Cascades near the artist's home. "This is a great vantage point from which to see the seasons change. With the snow still visible on the mountain in the background, the colors of the wildflowers in the foreground come alive and give the whole piece a bright, cheerful feel. Several butterflies and a dragonfly wing through the air, celebrating the arrival of the new season. The title of the piece itself refers to the destination of the pair of Canada geese, a very migratory species who mate for life and are probably about to nest. You can almost feel the light, relaxing breeze sailing down from the peak."
The Dry Side of Winter
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
24"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
24"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:75
$
450.00
As fall turns to winter in the mountains, the sense of impending snowstorms is in the air. After a summer of grazing, the mule deer feel the change and know it’s time for their annual migration from higher to lower elevations on the mountain range. Their coats have changed from the orange/yellow of summer to gray. “I live in a mule deer range and have them in my yard all the time,” says artist Rod Frederick on the subject of his latest fine art limited edition. “Although the bucks become scarce during hunting season, I chose to show a buck and doe in this scene.They’re fascinating to watch and I wanted to show the seasonal migration in this painting. The buck is in full glory, his antlers at full growth. He’ll shed his antlers in the late winter and they’ll start growing again the next spring, each year growing progressively larger.”
The High and The Mighty
14 x 20
Edition
Size:
250
Giclee Canvas
Giclee Canvas
$
350.00
The Three Amigos
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
13"w x 24"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
13"w x 24"h.
Edition Size:75
$
475.00
“These Blue-and-gold Macaws can expect to live for over 70 years,” says Rod Frederick. “Rainforests present their inhabitants with a relatively consistent weather and food supply. Over the millennia, birds like these Macaws have adapted to that by producing fewer young and living longer. Birds from more northern climates that contend with inconsistent seasonal weather and shifting food supplies have adapted to the potential of shorter life spans with a greater rate of reproduction.These three rainforest denizens can count on being friends for quite a long time.”
To Surf the Sunset
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
36"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:100
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
36"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:100
$
495.00
“Bald eagles, our national symbol, have come back dramatically from near extinction over the last fifty years. They’re a very common sight where I live in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. I never get tired of looking at bald eagles, nor do I ever tire of the sunsets we get here, looking toward the West and the Cascades. This horizon in particular lends itself to a longer image, one where you can look in every direction and see something. I wanted to show the eagles as they flew across the skyline, using the last fading rays of sunlight to find a place to roost for the night. They’re surfing the sunset, riding those last thermals before they go to bed.”
TROPIC MOON
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
15 3/8"w x 20"h.
Edition Size:850
Image size:
15 3/8"w x 20"h.
Edition Size:850
$
165.00
Under Cover Wood Ducks
11-1/4 x 24
Edition
Size:
650
Paper
Paper
$
135.00
Wind Riders
LIMITED EDITION
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
30"w x 10"h.
Edition Size:75
Giclee Canvas
Image size:
30"w x 10"h.
Edition Size:75
$
495.00
“Few people realize that eagles can soar at up to 200 miles-per-hour in their roller coaster flights,” says Rod Frederick. “One of my favorite places to climb and watch them is the mountains of Vedavoo in Wyoming. Splendid flyers, golden eagles will spread their eight-foot wingspan and ride the northern thermals for hours on end. They are truly inspiring to watch.”
Zebra Mirage
17-1/4 x 30
Edition
Size:
250
Giclee Paper
Giclee Paper
$
325.00