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NEW-ish ARTWORK
Ichthyosaurs (unnamed specimen), one adult and two juveniles, painted in 2025 for Lynn Museum: https://www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/
Also pictured are Caturus, Ptycholepis, and Saurichthys fishes; crinoids, Apoderoceras ammonites, and Belemnoteuthis belemnites.#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Ichthyosaurs #Jurassic #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #Dinosaurs #Alt4Me
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For Fossil Friday, here are all four artworks I've created for The Etches Collection: "The Sea Rex", "Deep Blue Buffet", "The Twisted Feast", and "Consuming the Fallen".
#FossilFriday #SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Fossils #Dinosaurs #MarineReptiles #Pliosaurus #Mosasaurus #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me
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A crop from THE EXECUTIONER'S MEAL, one of 49 artworks I painted for THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by Dr Dean Lomax - Palaeontologist. It features a Nothosaurus giganteus taking off the head of a Tanystropheus hydroides - yes, there is fossil evidence for this behaviour!
#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Fossils #MarineReptiles #Nothosaurus #Tanystropheus #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
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Here are some crops from "Consuming the Fallen," commissioned by The Etches Collection. It features over 50 fossil species from the museum and the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay.
#FossilFriday #SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Pliosaurs #Pliosaurus #Sharks #Ammonites #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaurs #Alt4Me
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This week's #NewBooks at the library: I went to DinoCon and treated myself to Sean Hennesy's Speed Thief Volumes 1 and 2, and two art portfolios by Steve White, Dread Sovereign and The Bone Cabin Chronicles
#Books #Bookstodon #Palaeoart #Paleoart #Dinosaurs #Scicomm @bookstodon
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Here's an example spread from my new picture book, GREAT DINOSAUR MISTAKES, which will be published in two weeks. There are more preview pages on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/4vPmSUW
The book is now widely available for preorder. Published by Fox & Ink Books, cowritten with Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Stieven Van der Poorten.
#dinosaur #books #bookstodon #paleoart #illustration #Stegosaurus
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Had a brilliant time with my family at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival last weekend. So much to see and do! Also pleased (relieved!) to have had a full crowd at my talk on the Sunday afternoon. 😃
#SciArt #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #SciComm #Palaeontology #Paleontology #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival #Fossils #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld
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Interested in making a living from palaeoart? Then you might be interested in my Lyme Regis Fossil Festival headline talk:
A DINOSAUR ART LIFE, How Painting & Sculpting Prehistoric Animals Became My Job.This Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm at the Marine Theatre
Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here: https://www.marinetheatre.com/lyme-regis-fossil-festival-a-dinosaur-art-life-how-painting-and-sculpting-prehistoric-animals-became-my-job/#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival
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Want to make a living from palaeoart? Then you might be interested in my Lyme Regis Fossil Festival headline talk:
A DINOSAUR ART LIFE, How Painting & Sculpting Prehistoric Animals Became My Job.
This Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm at the Marine Theatre
Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here: https://www.marinetheatre.com/lyme-regis-fossil-festival-a-dinosaur-art-life-how-painting-and-sculpting-prehistoric-animals-became-my-job/#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival
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Interested in making a living from palaeoart? Then you might be interested in my Lyme Regis Fossil Festival headline talk:
A DINOSAUR ART LIFE, How Painting & Sculpting Prehistoric Animals Became My Job.
This Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm at the Marine Theatre
Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here: https://www.marinetheatre.com/lyme-regis-fossil-festival-a-dinosaur-art-life-how-painting-and-sculpting-prehistoric-animals-became-my-job/#Art #DigitalArt #Painting #Pterosaurs #SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival
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Fossil Festival HEADLINE TALK
A DINOSAUR ART LIFE
Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm📍Marine Theatre
🎟️Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here:
https://fossilfestival.com/palaeontological-festival.../#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark
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THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, Unearthing the Real Behaviours of Prehistoric Animals, written by Dr Dean Lomax and illustrated by @BobNicholls, is OUT NOW!
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology
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One of my oldest acrylic paintings, featuring Kentrosaurus. Can you tell that Doug Henderson was/is my favourite artist?
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Stegosaurus #Kentrosaurus #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here are my 3D sculpt design drawings for the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. The first T. rex design was considered too feathered. Designed for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here are the skeletal illustrations for the acrylic blocks from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting
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Rock Art on Screen: 12 Free Documentaries That Bring the Painted Past to Life
By Seth Chagi for World of Paleoanthropology
“We carry the torch of ancient storytellers each time we switch on a screen.” — Stoic reflection after too many late‑night documentary binges
Rock art feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic—handprints that whisper I was here across 30,000 years. The internet, bless its algorithmic heart, is brimming with free films that let us wander those caves and escarpments without the knee‑scrapes, bat guano, or UNESCO paperwork. Below are a dozen feature‑length (20 min +) documentaries your audience can stream today. I’ve grouped them by theme and noted what each one can teach us. Pop some popcorn (or Aquafor‑coated trail mix if you’re truly hardcore) and prepare to time‑travel.
1. Deep Time Immersion
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”89 minWatchDocumentaries.comWerner Herzog’s 3‑D glide through Chauvet (32 kya) is as close as most of us will get to those charcoal lions. Perfect for discussing preservation ethics, pigment chemistry, and the phenomenology of darkness.“Inside France’s Chauvet Cave” (DW Documentary)52 minYouTubeA more traditional science‑journalist tour that balances visuals with up‑to‑date uranium‑thorium dating and virtual‑reality replication work. Great classroom fodder on 3‑D scanning.2. Rock Art & Global Narratives
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Les secrets des fresques d’Amazonie”88 minARTE.tvTakes viewers into Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa cliff murals—tens of thousands of figures dated ≥12 kya—while foregrounding Indigenous perspectives and environmental stakes.“Oldest Cave Art Found in Sulawesi”24 minYouTube (Griffith Univ.)Concise but rich breakdown of the 45 kya pig panel & new 51 kya hunting scene; use it to spark debates on symbolic cognition outside Europe.“KIMBERLEY ROCK ART: A World Treasure”45 minYouTubeExplores Australia’s Gwion Gwion & Wandjina iconography, weaving in modern Aboriginal custodianship and cutting‑edge optically stimulated luminescence dating.“The Rock Art of Arnhem Land” (Part I)26 minYouTubeVeteran archaeologist Paul Taçon walks viewers through x‑ray kangaroos and Lightning Man motifs; ideal primer on superimposition sequences.3. Mediterranean & Atlantic Europe
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Rock‑Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus” (UNESCO/NHK)28 minUNESCO.orgSahara pastoralism in motion—perfect for stressing how climate shifts shaped iconographic changes.“Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin”28 minYouTube (UNESCO)Surveys 758 Iberian sites; includes rare footage of Levantine‑style hunters in eastern Spain. Good segue into discussions of pigment sourcing.“Prehistoric Rock Art of the Côa Valley & Siega Verde”30 minUNESCO.orgNight‑shot filming of open‑air engravings (≈25 kya onward) highlights why Foz Côa is a conservation victory.“Exploring the Ancient Art of Altamira”24 minYouTubeA guided VR‑style tour of Spain’s “Sistine Chapel of the Palaeolithic,” complete with replica cave construction details—great for public‑engagement case studies.4. Decoding Symbolic Systems
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“How Art Made the World – Ep 2: The Day Pictures Were Born”59 minYouTube (BBC series)Frames cave art within a cognitive‑evolution story: why image‑making matters for social cohesion.**“Paleo Cave Art Mysteries” (Episode 1 of 3)22 minYouTube**Paleoanthropologist Neil Bockoven dives into dot‑and‑line signs (à la von Petzinger) and therianthropes; a bite‑sized springboard for symbol taxonomy exercises.How to Use This Playlist – (of course, you could just be like me and want to watch them, but here are some fun activities for those of you who may be teachers, professors, and the like for your students to better engage with the content):
- Chronological Viewing Party: Start with Acacus for Holocene climate context, swing through European Upper Palaeolithic masterpieces, then finish in the Amazon to spotlight New World debates.
- Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
- Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
- DIY Experimental Archaeology: After watching the Altamira VR segment, try recreating blowing techniques with ochre and charcoal on butcher paper (outdoors, trust me).
Remember: every dash of ochre, every engraved aurochs, is a dialogue across millennia. Hit play, listen closely, and pass the story on.
Feel free to embed this post—just credit World of Paleoanthropology and link readers back to the documentary sources. Happy cave‑surfing!
#Altamira #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #ArtHistory #CaveArt #CavePainting #ChauvetCave #GwionGwion #HandsOnHistory #HumanEvolution #Lascaux #PaleoArt #Paleolithic #ParietalArt #Petroglyphs #PrehistoricArt #Prehistory #RockArt #RockArtResearch #StoneAge #SulawesiRockArt #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UpperPaleolithic
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The limited edition DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series print. I designed it in 2023, for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London, featured are Tyrannosaurus, Diplodocus, and Stegosaurus.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the Diplodocus packaging art from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them (also Tyrannosaurus & Stegosaurus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting
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New #Pterosaur Species Unearthed in Germany https://www.sci.news/paleontology/spathagnathus-roeperi-13972.html #paleoart by @AlessioCiaffi
A #NewSpecies and the earliest occurrence of the Gnathosaurinae (#Pterosauria) from the Late Kimmeridgian of Brunn, Germany: Alexandra Fernandes et al. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-025-00725-0
"Spathagnathus roeperi represents the oldest occurrence of a gnathosaurine and contributes to the range for the Gnathosaurinae [#pterosaurs] within the overall fossil assemblage of the #Solnhofen Archipelago."
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's a study of Kingnites, commissioned in 2022 for a project I cannot talk about yet. Kingnites, is an exceptionally large (1m long) Silurian polychaete annelid.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Kingnites #Silurian #Polychaete #Annelid #Worm #Fossil
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Happy belated Stego-ween everyone! Hope your day was full of fun and a healthy amount of candy! Whether that means a lot or a little, I'll let you decide 😂
Had an awesome day pumpkin carving! Bottom shows the whole family pumpkin patch 😊 For mine, I decided to carve the stegosaurus I drew earlier this month, because of course I went with a dinosaur 😁 How was your Halloween?
#Halloween #JackOLantern #Pumpkin #PumpkinCarving #TrickOrTreat #SpookySeason #Samhain #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #SciArt #Art
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#Ferrodraco was an #anhanguerid #pterosaur from #Australia that lived during the middle #Cretaceous. It was described with help from Adele Pentland, and its name translates to “iron dragon”.
Please feel free to favorite and comment if you want to see more like this!
#ornithocheirus #dinosaur #paleoart #cartoon #rubberhose #vintagecartoon #pterodactyl
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#Eopteranodon was previously thought to be related to #toothless #pterosaurs like #Pteranodon, but is now placed comfortably in #Tapejaridae with pterosaurs like #Tupandactylus and #Sinopterus!
Please feel free to favorite and reblog if you want to see more like this!
#cartoon #rubberhose #30scartoons #science #fossils #dinosaur #dino #paleoart
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Some #watercolor #practice!
I’m not really where I want to be, but idk where to look for learning resources.. 🥲If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please reach out with a comment or a private post!
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So free and blissful~
Here’s #Aerodactylus enjoying a long flight on the #beach!
If you liked this piece, feel free to favorite and reblog! Also leave a comment if you want to see other animals like this!
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#Sciart #Paleoart #Dinosaur #JurassicJune #MorrisonFormation Representative vertebrate remains from the Dry Mesa Quarry, Morrison Formation. Commissioned by Dr. Brian Curtice for his #MTE14 presentation.
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#Sciart #Paleoart #Dinosaur #JurassicJune Suuwassea, pterosaur's eye of view.
The journey starts from the edge of the retreating Sundance Seaway.
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Yes, they can inhabit humans. For the brave, you can find a video of one inhabiting a human eye on the interwebs. I like to imagine that the pentastomids inhabiting dinosaurs would have been massive. Where is our #paleoart of that? #invertfest #invertefest
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Yes, they can inhabit humans. For the brave, you can find a video of one inhabiting a human eye on the interwebs. I like to imagine that the pentastomids inhabiting dinosaurs would have been massive. Where is our #paleoart of that? #invertfest #invertefest
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Yes, they can inhabit humans. For the brave, you can find a video of one inhabiting a human eye on the interwebs. I like to imagine that the pentastomids inhabiting dinosaurs would have been massive. Where is our #paleoart of that? #invertfest #invertefest
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Yes, they can inhabit humans. For the brave, you can find a video of one inhabiting a human eye on the interwebs. I like to imagine that the pentastomids inhabiting dinosaurs would have been massive. Where is our #paleoart of that? #invertfest #invertefest
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Scott Hartman of Skeletal Drawing fame has always had a somewhat dormant account here at Sauropods.win, and he's back!
#FridayFollow #ff #Paleontology #Palaeoartists #Paleoartists #Palaeoart #Paleoart
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Just popping in to add a little bit of the Cretaceous to your #JurassicJune. Velociraptor learns why dancing in front of a Gobiconodon den is not a great idea.
#art #mastoart #creativetoots #velociraptor #dinosaur #paleoart #gobiconodon