Category: Paleo Art
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“Picturing Dinosaurs” on Tor.com
As the latest installment of her wonderful ongoing series of themed “Picturing…” posts on Tor.com, Irene Gallo has posted “Picturing Dinosaurs“, a theme near and dear to my heart (or more accurately, near and dear to the fevered brain of the 10 year old kid in me that still holds major sway over what I…
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New improved blog list (well, updated anyway)
In the left hand column of this blog, about halfway down, under the long lists of categories and the longer list of archives, is a list of links under the heading “Relevant Blogs”. This has long been ignored, both unduly so by myself, and perhaps rightly so by those who have clicked on many of…
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Alfons and Adrie Kennis
Dutch artists Alfons and Adrie Kennis are twin brothers who work professionally under the studio name of Kennis & Kennis. They are highly regarded in the field of paleontological reconstruction art, where their paintings and sculptures portray prehistoric mammals and pre-humans. What delights me about their paintings in particular is the blending of rendered images…
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Dinotopia: Art, Science and Imagination at Lyman Allyn Art Museum in CT
Long time readers of Lines and Colors will not be surprised that I am an admirer the work of illustrator/writer/painter James Gurney. (Let’s see.. beautifully painted illustration with influences from great 19th century artists and Golden Age illustrators, fantastical adventure stories with lushly imaginative settings, Hudson River valley landscape painting and plein air painting, and…
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Dinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest Paleoart
Dinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest Paleoart is a new book edited by Steve White and with a foreward by Phillip J, Currie and an introduction by Scott D. Sampson. It is published by Titan Books, who were kind enough to send me a review copy. The premise of a book like this is relatively straightforward…
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Audubon’s Birds of America
If your impression of the paintings of French-American naturalist, ornithologist and artist John James Audubon is based on small reproductions of some of his more subdued bird images, you may be surprised by the views afforded in this terrific online resource. The University of Pittsburgh, which owns a rare complete edition of Audubon’s Birds of…