tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055611715122662402012-02-16T02:50:10.966-05:00Patrick Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00117450060845172403noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805561171512266240.post-35949560060004995972009-04-12T09:50:00.026-04:002009-04-16T20:42:56.114-04:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__V8G_CXmI2Q/SeHzrYw5sQI/AAAAAAAAARI/mRea20SmPDE/s1600-h/T+rex+web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323804161236119810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 394px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__V8G_CXmI2Q/SeHzrYw5sQI/AAAAAAAAARI/mRea20SmPDE/s400/T+rex+web.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">"Cruising T. rex" </span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>A work in progress by Patrick Norton</em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="justify">Artists are at least as influential as paleontologists when it comes to helping the public understand how living dinosaurs may have looked and behaved. The best dinosaur artists are not only technically excellent sculptors and/or painters, they are also students of dinosaur science who incorporate the latest discoveries into their work. </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Links to a few of the top dinosaur artists working today are provided below.</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.trcicstudio.com/gallery2.htm">Michael Trcic</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://members.tripod.com/~megalania/krentz.html">David Krentz</a></div><div align="center">Brian Franczak <em>(no website currently available)</em></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.dinosaursinart.com/">Michael Skrepnick</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/">Luis Rey</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://tonymerrithew.com/bronzesculpture.html">Tony Merrithew</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.studiomonteleone.com/gallery.html">William Monteleone</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.syncreta.com/associates/bios/henderson_d.php#5">Doug Henderson</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="left">Click <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/12/bizarre-dinosaurs/holtz-dinosaur-photography"><span style="color:#990000;"><em>here</em></span></a> to view an excellent audiovisual presentation by Dr. Tom Holtz, a dinosaur paleontologist, discussing how classic dinosaur art reveals our changing view of dinosaurs over time. A wonderful interactive presentation, sponsored by National Geographic Magazine.</div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">And <a href="http://www.strangescience.net/stdino2.htm"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>Michon Scott</em></span></a> shows us more historical illustrations of dinosaurs, going as far back as the 4th century.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/805561171512266240-3594956006000499597?l=dinosaurscience.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00117450060845172403noreply@blogger.com2