Rod Frederick 
"World of White" 
This Art is:
New
Hand Signed Limited Edition 
Small Edition Size of 435 (Actual # received may be different than the one in the photo )
Custom Framed in a Rustic Brown Frame
Matted in tan
Framed in the USA
Framed Size: 24" x 29"
Image Size: 15" x 20"
Ready to hang hardware included
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Wildlife Art
 
Mountain goats are not goats, but rather antelopes that have a thick white coat and slightly curved black horns giving them a goat-like appearance. These keen-eyed, sure-footed animals travel their vertical world unchallenged by predators. Even humans avoid the sheer precipices they inhabit.
Although mountain goats make some seasonal migrations, their movements more often follow weather patterns. Rain, which soaks their heavy coats, will send them to higher altitudes where snow is the main precipitation.
Mountain goats live in an up-and-down world that lends itself to the triptych form. World of White has a light, airy feel - an Oriental quality I wanted to blend with a North American subject.
These mountain goats traverse cliffs and crags that are covered by the winter's first heavy snow. They are moving to an even higher, more precarious promontory where the wind has blown the snow off the mosses, lichens, forbs and grasses on which they forage.- Rod Frederick
 
 
 
ABOUT THE ARTIST
 
Rod Frederick has grown up with animals...from a menagerie of pets that populated his boyhood home to a combination biology and fine arts degree in college.Born in Salem,Oregon, Rod grew up in Portland.
Artistic influences shaped his boyhood - his mother had a degree in fine arts, and his father, a lawyer, spent weekends at the easel.The Frederick household was always full of various animals, so it was entirely natural for Rod to combine his interests in art and animals into a career as a wildlife artist.Frederick attended Williamette University, majoring in art and minoring in biology. Standing six feet, four inches, Rod also found time to play forward for the university's basketball team.
After completing his schooling, Frederick accepted a variety of commissions that led him to paint classic scenes of the north-west. Barns, covered bridges, mountains, fields and became the focal point of his art, but gradually he worked more and more wildlife into his paintings.
Today his career is wildlife art. And he still has a house full of pets. Only Frederick now goes beyond the domesticated variety to seek out wildlife in its natural environment: in the mountains, high above the timberline; in the forests that cover the Northwest; in streams and ponds where wildlife of all forms congregate.
Frederick's curiosity about animals and his own dedication to realism dictate the way he works: devouring every source of reading material about a particular species; photographing and sketching; and devoting large amounts of time to research in the field. He finds his favorite environment in the mountains, above the timberline, because "the open spaces are exciting. I have a chance to 'get away' and perhaps get a glimpse of my favorite animal, the mountain goat.""People tell me they like the natural colors and mood I create in my work," he says. "They say it's very realistic, and that's What I’m looking for."