Hans Meets Harpy Eagle, Panama Thanks to the Panama Audubon Society, Golden Gate Audubon (California), and The Peregrine Fund, an educational poster, painted by Hans Peeters, was distributed throughout Panama to encourage the protection of this magnificent species, the national bird of Panama. View poster on Raptor page. |
Lanner Falcon Oil on Panel, 14" x 13.5" |
Lanner Falcon All rights reserved |
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Hans Peeters Wildlife and Nature Art
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Hans Meets Harpy Eagle, Panama Thanks to the Panama Audubon Society, Golden Gate Audubon (California), and The Peregrine Fund, an educational poster, painted by Hans Peeters, was distributed throughout Panama to encourage the protection of this magnificent species, the national bird of Panama. View poster on Raptor page. |
Mail: Hans Peeters 1050 Kilkare Road Sunol, CA 94586 USA Ph: (925) 862-2102 |
His commissions include illustrations for a guide to the birds of India to be published by the Smithsonian Institution, and the Mexican Postal Service has honored him by using four of his paintings for postage stamps, and others (see right) raise money for conservation. |
Anyone who has looked through one of the more recent field guides to North American birds has seen Hans Peeters' work. He painted many of the color plates in The American Bird Conservancy's All the Birds of North America (1997) and, because he is also a working ornithologist, served as a scientific consultant for the book as well. He is author and illustrator of Raptors of California (2005) and Owls of California and the West (2007) (both University of California Press).
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His larger paintings have been featured in books including The Best of Wildlife Art (1997) and Wildlife Art (1999). His work has appeared in popular publications such as Audubon Magazine and Architectural Digest, and it hangs in permanent collections of the prestigious Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and The Peregrine Fund among others. |
Hans paints mammals as well, and is illlustrator and co-author of the field guide, Mammals of California, published by University of California Press (2nd edition, 2004). As a biologist, he acts as a consultant to various government agencies, private firms, and authors. |
Owls of California and the West, Peeters, University of California Press, 2007. Raptors of California, Peeters and Peeters, University of California Press, 2005. The Best of Wildlife Art, R. Wolf, North Light Books, 1997. Game Hawking ... at its Very Best, Webster & Enderson, Windsong Press, 1988. Book of North American Birds, Reader's Digest Association, 1990. Wildlife Art, A. Singer, Quarry Press, 1999. Falconry and Art, C.A. de Chamerlat, Sotheby's Publications, 1987. Gyrfalcon, E. Ford, John Murray Press, London, 1999. American Hawking, Peeters & Jameson, 1970. Limited Edition, Sold Out. Peregrine Falcon Populations, Cade, et al, The Peregrine Fund, 1988. Mammals of California, Jameson & Peeters, University of California Press, 2004, 2nd edition. Shortwinged Hawks, E.W. Jameson, Jr., 1993. All the Birds of North America, J. Griggs, Harper Collins, 1997. All the Backyard Birds, West, J. Griggs, Harper Collins, 1997. Equinox, D. O'Brien, The Lyons Press, 1997. An Introduction to Hawking, Jameson & Peeters, 1971. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide, Rasmussen and Anderton, Smithsonian Institution, 2005
He and his work have also been featured in Wildlife Art Magazine, May/June, 1987. .
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Books Featuring Paintings by Hans Peeters |
This page was last updated on: May 10, 2010
August, 2001, Mexico City -- Hans met with the Mexican Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources to discuss the reintroduction of the Socorro Dove to Socorro Island. This little-known island, 600 miles off the western coast of Mexico, is home to a surprising number of unique plants, and animals and it and two other islands in the archipelago are ranked by the World Wildlife Fund with the Galapagos Islands as concerns endangered species. |
November, 2001, Mazatlan, Mexico, and January, 2002, Reno, Nevada -- Official ceremonies at which Hans performed the first cancellations of two new Mexican postage stamps of his design. |
Gallery (for raptors, see raptor page) |
Original painting for book plate, All the Birds of North America, Harper Collins: Blackbirds, p. 113. |
In Lizard Wash, Bobcat with Kits 18 x 24", Acrylic on Panel
Exhibited in "The Art of Seeing" art show at the Oakland Museum of California March 8 - June 15, 2003 |
Deer, original painting from Mammals of California, 2nd edition.
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Other field guide book plate paintings are available for sale. Contact the artist for a list and prices. |
Into Summer, Black-tail Doe with Fawn 16 x 20", Oil on canvas
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Western Screech-Owl in Maple 12 x 16", Oil on Panel
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Our Town, Cardon Cactus 51.5 x 41.5", Oil on Canvas
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Sunshine, Beavertail Cactus 45.5 x 60", Oil on Canvas SOLD |
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