Anthony J. Batten

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Featured in Watercolor Magic
June 2005

The Old Ursuline Convent, Trois Riviers
20" x 30" watercolour
private collection
The Old Ursuline Convent, Trois Riviers
Tony's painting in Avril Lavigne's Promotional Video
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New! Magazin d'Art feature Read article
Listed in chronological order
Dilettante's Diary - Notables of 2009 by Patrick Donohue:
  At the end of the year, I like to think back and see if there were any paintings that really wow’d me. If there were, they should be sitting there in my memory, ready for easy recall. The only ones that had any such effect on me this past year were some entries in the Treasures 2009 show of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (Oct 22). Tony Batten’s gorgeous painting of the Scuola Grande di St. Rocco remains vividly in my mind as one of the best depictions of Venice that I’ll ever see... Link to page
Magazin d'Art (International Magazine) - Autumn/Fall 2009, no 85
  "Painting the Built Environment" Bilingual article by Noel Meyer
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Dilettante's Diary - October 2009
  Article by Patrick Donohue: dilettantesdiary.com Read article
International Invitational Watercolour Show, December 2008 - January 2009
  "VIII Bienal Internacional de la Acuarela" was held in Mexico at El Museo Nacional de la Acuarela. Tony Batten's painting On the Grand Tour - Venice, was featured on the poster.
Niagara, This Week
  April 4, 2008 edition
Article by Danni Gresko on Batten workshop and demonstration for the Pelham Art Association. Read article
Commissioned Artwork Reproduced
  in Avril Lavigne's Paris Themed Promotional Video for MTV 2007
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Watercolour Magic Magazine - Spring 2005
  Article on 6 International Masters - Batten Representing Canada
"Who's Who (Canada)"
  University of Toronto Press 2004 and Subsequent Editions
"Dictionary of International Biography "
  Cambridge, U.K. 2004
"One Hundred Ways to Paint Landscapes"
  International Artist 2004, Vol. 1. Ref. 10
"One Hundred Ways to Paint Favorite Things"
  International Artist 2004, Vol. 1. Ref. 92
"Landscape Finalists"
  International Artist Magazine Feb/March 2004. Page 7
"Splash 8 - Watercolour Discoveries"
  North Light Books 2003. Read article
"Work Small, Learn Big" Sketching with Pen & Watercolour
  Chapter 1, Pages 6 through 11. International Artist 2003. Read article
"This Small Space" CHG-TV - 2002
  Television program on artist's studio and residence
Canada Post U.K. Article on London handover to Royal collection
  February 2002. Pages 1 and 9
Mexico - Museo National de la Acuarela
  Canada Catalogue Page 5
Toronto International Art Fair
  Catalogue - 2000
  Catalogue - 2001 with illustrations
International Artist Magazine. 2000
  Issue # 12 - Canadian Artists
  Issue # 13 - Master Painters of Canada
"Thomas and the Magic Railroad". Released 2000
  One of the credited "watercolour matte artists" who worked on this film in its
post production phase - Tony has, over the years, been involved with a number of successful Toronto based commercial films.
Gulf Islands Driftwood [B.C.] Article on workshop
  September 1, 1999. Page 19
Sotheby's Catalogue "For The Children" Auction. Toronto, Ontario
  September 1995
American Artists, an illustrated survey of leading Contemporary Americans
  by Les Krantz, 1990 edition
Watercolour Magic Magazine, Winter 1998 - Page 25
  Article on Batten's A. J. Casson Medal win
Aquarelles (by Rebecca Sisler) - 1987
  A history of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Firmwide Culture
  by Patricia Brown - Arthur Anderson & Co. 1987
Canadian House and Home - March 1986
  Article on residence/studio. Pages 16 & 17
Watercolour '86

An American Artist Publication - November 1986
Article on Canadian Watercolourists

The Trillium at Dock II
Featured on the Cover of
America West In-Flight Magazine
October 2000

The Trillium at Dock II
22" x 30" watercolor
private collection