Bateman III, Earl C.

Earl C. Bateman III (c. 1954 - present) is a visual artist, media executive, art gallery director, and real estate agent based in New York City. He graduated with an art degree from the University of Hartford and worked as a visual artist for several years before joining the television and film industries, producing on-air graphics used in broadcasts and films, including a position as Graphics Director at CBS in the early 1990s. He then managed an art gallery in New York in the mid-Aughts before earning his real estate license and working in the field of commercial real estate, focusing on art galleries. In terms of cartographic and related visual production, Bateman is best known for his striking and innovative designs produced in tandem with the California publisher Celestial Arts in the mid-late 1980s, including a fascinating projection of the world's ocean floor, views of the world's rainforests, and a representation of the various space stations launched in the late 20th century.