Category Archives: Birds

Back to the roots…the continuing obsession of the Liaoning Province biota, via the reconstruction of fossil replicas!

Posted on 09/10/2024 by luisvrey

The enantiornithine Confuciusornis (male), For me, these gave meaning to all… years and years struggling to for vindication finally came true with the extraordinary richness of these fossil finds that changed our modern vision of dinosaurs… feathered dinosaurs galore! Also … Continue reading →

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Vintage Sale..! The Old New Chinese Revolution originals are up for auction!

Posted on 20/03/2023 by luisvrey

From all the original artwork I did at the end of the 1990’s and beginning of the 2000’s, no other are dearer to my heart than the New Chinese Revolution Saga (1 to 4). They have been protagonists of several … Continue reading →

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EXTREME DINOSAURS II. THE PROJECTS.

Posted on 08/07/2019 by luisvrey

Almost 20 years ago the book Extreme Dinosaurs, a compilation of artwork I had done from 1988 to 2000 was released. It was a novelty mostly because the colourful approach to dinosaurs and the de-facto depiction of feathered dinosaurs for … Continue reading →

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The Next Bone of Contention…

Posted on 26/03/2018 by luisvrey

Yes, that is what feathering T. rex is becoming! Once again I’m feeling the same as what was happening  in the 80’s and 90’s when several madcaps like some of us  confronted the hard core scientists that claimed they had … Continue reading →

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Swerving across the path of controversy… Sinosauropteryx and Yi Qi.

Posted on 16/01/2018 by luisvrey

While we know a lot about Sinosauropteryx, to ‘almost’ even the level of colouration, we don’t know enough about Yi qi, the famous bat-like feathered dinosaur… its remains are not well enough preserved to be certain of many details like the … Continue reading →

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Sneak preview: Dinosaur rEvolution embarks in its first tour!

Posted on 16/03/2017 by luisvrey

The City of Albury is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia DinosaurRevolution at Albury City and it has become home of the debut of  the efforts of Gondwana Studios and myself in this very … 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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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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The Deinonychus Saga (Part 2)

Posted on 27/06/2012 by luisvrey

We were talking about female Deinonychus in the previous post… what about this dandy. flamboyant male? I did this as a challenge: we really don’t have much evidence of the exterior of dinosaurs… what is underneath all that flamboyancy  is … Continue reading →

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Our daily dose of dino-weirdness…

Posted on 26/06/2012 by luisvrey

We are used to Nature’s jokes, but this one… well… this is the joke nobody expected in the mosaic of dino=bird evolution… could it be lemur-mimic dinosaur like Epidendrosaurus?  That is why I reconstructed it this way… fully covered with … Continue reading →

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