Tag: paleoart
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Video for ESCONI February 2024 – General Meeting, Topic: “Photographing Rock Art in Illinois and Missouri: A visual journey into the sacred, the unknown, and the creation of the universe”
The ESCONI February 2024 General Meeting was held on Friday, February 9th, 2024. The topic was “Photographing Rock Art in Illinois and Missouri: A visual journey into the sacred, the unknown, and the creation of the universe”. It was presented by Mike Chervinko. Mike is author of “Prehistoric and Natural Wonders of Southern Illinois”. The…
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Giant Cave of Prehistoric Art Has Been Hidden Since The Stone Age
Science Alert has a story about the discovery of cave art in Spain. The art is dated to about 24,000 years old. It was found on the walls of a cave at the Cova Dones site near Spain’s Mediterranean coast. The cave has been known by locals for many years, but the art was somehow…
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Inverse: What Did Dinosaurs Look Like? An Unlikely Team Is Debunking Old Beliefs
Inverse has an interesting story about an effort to recreate models that show what dinosaurs really looked like. The effort is a combination of paleontology and paleoart. The work is based on a special fossil of Psittacosarurs discovered in China decades ago. That specimen had very fine preservation, included preserved soft tissues like skin and…
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Come See Tyler Keillor’s Dryptosaurus at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County Grand Opening Event on Saturday, March 24th, 2018
Tyler Keillor, a past ESCONI member and paleo-artist will have his latest work, a Dyptosaurus, unveiled at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake Count on Saturday, March 24th, 2018 from 10 AM to 5 PM. Details are here. “… The Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County invites visitors of all ages to attend its grand…
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PBS Eons: The Other Explosion You Should Know About
Check out the PBS Eons channel on YouTube. There’s a new episode once a week. The most recent one is “The Other Explosion You Should Know About”. It’s about the Avalon Explosion during the Ediacaran Period. Some of the wonderful paleoart is by Nobu Tamura at http://spinops.blogspot.com. Enjoy!
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Monster Otters, Motörhead Crocs, and Zuul: The Best Paleo Art of 2017
Motherboard has a blog entry that shows some of the best paleo art of 2017. This year includes: The 2016 story included our friend the Tully Monster.
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Dino Lecture Tonight 5-7 pm by Tyler Keillor in Wauconda
From Fossils to Fish: How does a Paleoartist transform a fossilized dinosaur skull into a fleshed-out life reconstruction? What are the reasons for depicting an extinct animal in a particular way, and what lines of scientific evidence are there to support the subjective, artistic choices used in the creation of a sculpture? Using a slideshow…
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Tyler Keillor – Paleoart Exhibit – Field Trip Anyone?
Interesting Chicago SunTimes article today on paleo artist, Tyler Keillor. … Keillor created “Paleoart,” an exhibit on display through June 26 at the Lake County Discovery Museum. It includes his models of the dinosaurs Rugops and Herrerasaurus; an ancient fish called Tiktaalik; a giant prehistoric snake called Sanajeh, and a winged reptile, Rhamphorhynchus. To give…
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Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart Exhibit
Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart exhibit will open on Saturday 11/20 at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The exhibit demonstrates how he blends art and science to bring prehistoric creatures to life. Tyler writes to ESCONI, “One of the items on display is a plaque I sculpted at my art…
