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Horniman Museum Pt 2. Monster Families Gates Open… and is HUGE!

Posted on 12/02/2016 by luisvrey

Yes… you saw it here first!  Carmen was amazed… My old “Saltasaurus Nesting Grounds” has never been seen like this before! We couldn’t believe how an original  painting 75 X 51 cm (in the vaults of Charlie and Flo Magovern) can be blown up to … Continue reading →

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London’s Best Kept “Secret” Dinoexhibit Is About To Be Unveiled!

Posted on 05/02/2016 by luisvrey

It’s finally here… and I have followed Peter Norton step by step build-up of Hatching The Past for the first time in London, at the Horniman Museum in South London and this time under the name of  “Dinosaurs Monster Families“ As usual, … Continue reading →

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A couple of Mosasaurs for Walentinia!

Posted on 02/01/2016 by luisvrey

Walentinia Silverada is a student and colleague at the Instituto de Geología in Mexico City (fresh out from the illustrious clan of the UNAM/René Hernández & Marisol Montellano cradle). She has been studying Mexican mosasaurs for a long time… in fact … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice 2015/16

Posted on 12/12/2015 by luisvrey

Just in time for the silly hats…As ever I thank you all for the support to this blog throughout this year… wishing you a better 2016 if at all possible!

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Popularising science… The right way!

Posted on 05/12/2015 by luisvrey

Remember this? When I did this restoration of Sereno’s outlandish Spinosaurus, I could’t wait to hear the complaints… there were some but not as many as I expected! Now I have just purchased the new 1:40 scale Spinosaurus from the … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs Take Flight opens at last!

Posted on 01/12/2015 by luisvrey

There exhibition many of us were waiting for since last year is finally opening at the Kenosha Public Museum! It is a dazzling design by Nick Regester and Alanna Magovern dedicated exclusively to artwork representing Archaeopteryx and its dramatic development and … Continue reading →

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Just a single picture…

Posted on 24/10/2015 by luisvrey

Hatching The Past in Delaware USA (picture by Charlie Magovern). A momentous  snap that finally show the moment Oviraptors hatch their babies in the XXI Century (albeit in human form). Who says Paleoart doesn’t pay? At least some times it … Continue reading →

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Odds and Sods… more extras for Anusuya Chinsamy’s Fossils For Africa.

Posted on 21/10/2015 by luisvrey

Having fun with old artwork includes also  modifying existing pieces that  I never found completely satisfactory the first time around. This Tendaguru composition pretended to simply pleasantly illustrate all the famous well known animals from that famous Tanzanian formation. I have always found … Continue reading →

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Genesis of a Feast. The Trike Decapitation!

Posted on 20/09/2015 by luisvrey

Everything started inconspicuously… SVPCA, lethargic rodent presentation (very sorry rodents!) and my mind reeling by a fantastic suggestion of Mark Wildman… what can you do? Start doodling! From doodling anywhere I could, to formal pencil leading inevitably to the final thing… The corridors … Continue reading →

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Flugsaurier and SVPCA 2015… Face to Face with the Snake!

Posted on 05/09/2015 by luisvrey

The Paleo meetings here in England are getting more sophisticated and better attended these days. As a novelty this year the legendary Flugsaurier (Pterosaur) meeting happened in Portsmouth. It always brings me great memories from Munich  years ago when we did a tribute … Continue reading →

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