Dinosaurs, Wildlife & More

'Mesozoic Life': This is a listed overview of art I have available depicting Pterosaurs, Marine life, Mammals and Birds that lived in the Mesozoic Era.

'Dinosaurs': This is a listed overview of art I have available depicting Dinosaurs that lived in the Mesozoic Era.

'Storm Front' ~ A rogue Tyrannosaurus rex, caught out in thunderstorm, heads for cover. [Original not available] Acrylic

'Pursuit' ~ Stenonychosaurus converge on Orodromeus. A pair of raptors [previously named Troodon] work in a loose hunting association to chase down a small Ornithopod. [Original not available] Acrylic

'Trygg the Dinosaur' is a fun illustrated novel telling a story about a young raptor, Troodon[now known as Stenonychosaurus] befriending a young hadrosaur, Hypacrosaurus in the Late Cretaceous. Digital

'Play Biting' ~ Velociraptor nestlings covered in downy feathers play fight just outside their nesting home. Practicing hunting strategies is essential to Carnivores in their early development and no doubt that this behaviour may have led to the more dominant nestlings killing the others to compete for food. Top image is the original sketch layout for the illustration below. Acrylic, Gouache

'Ostrich and Ornithomimus' ~ a modern day flightless bird is scaled to a member of the family of 'Ostrich Dinosaurs'. Acrylic, Digital

'Rise of Terrestrial life 1' ~Tiktaalik has been regarded as an important intermediate vertebrate in the rise of life on land. It may have evolved from lobe finned fishes like Eusthenopteron leading to the earliest known land animal Acanthostega. Mixed Media, Digital

'Labrae Tar Pit' Mammals' ~ Dire Wolf portrait. Resembling today's Grey Wolf, this early form was 10 to 15% bigger and more robust. ~ Smilodon portrait. The largest sabre tooth cat in the family was much larger than todays Lions and Tigers. ~ Smilodon in a pre-pounce snarling posture. all are Gouache, Coloured Pencils, Digital

'MegaBugs' ~ This book is a brief history of arthropods [invertibrates which are animals without backbones] that have existed throughout life on earth. Meganeuropsis, the gigantic Dragonfly from the Carboniferous period, pursues the large mayfly-like Palaeodictyoptera, The oxygen levels in the Carboniferous was very rich and aided in spawning such gigantism of many life forms. Digital

'MegaBugs' ~Jaeklopterus, from a family of eurypterids that lived in the Devonian period is attacking a juvenile , maybe one of its own offspring. This scene depicts possible cannibal behaviour that is common throughout the natural world. Digital

'Great Barrier Reef'. [original not available] acrylic