Category Archives: tyrannosaurs

Dinosaur rEvolution has left the building!

Posted on 12/11/2024 by luisvrey

We are thankful to the Horniman Museum in London for six months of a very successful stay… much obliged! Now it’s time to search for new pastures… we have several candidate venues but for now we are open to suggestions… … Continue reading →

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The extraordinary paleoart of 余国梁 (Passion Charger) … and my relation with it!

Posted on 25/04/2023 by luisvrey

Growing up as a budding surrealist, I remember with a smile that Alejandro Jodorowsky, my mentor in the seventies, dedicated a phrase to my work: “If it is not excessive is not genius”… well, this amply applies to the work … Continue reading →

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The quest for a different looking Tyrannosaurus face…

Posted on 15/01/2023 by luisvrey

I think we have seen them all… from the ubiquitous bare teeth grin, to the sedated, solemn face of the T. rex from Prehistoric Planet. In my quest for a new look for Tyrannosaurus I would like to start 2023 … Continue reading →

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A toy, a Mexican street shop, a dinosaur nut and what came after…

Posted on 06/02/2022 by luisvrey

This for your Sunday solace and merriment… the moment I saw a toy bust of a Tyrannosaurus in a popular Mexican shop on my recent trips to Mexico, I understood what I needed to do to it. I love revamping … Continue reading →

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The “Lost” Tyrannosaurs of Mike Kelly. Inedits from an ambitious project(Part One).

Posted on 06/11/2021 by luisvrey

Many years ago (in fact it was 2014) I was approached by a veritable dino-nerd with an extraordinarily ambitious project … a Tyrannosaurus/Turannosauria Project… and no it was not Thom Holtz or Dave Hone (which would have been quite the … Continue reading →

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Strange tales of the road… Dinosaurs and me at Havana, Cuba 1958. A scrapbook.

Posted on 12/01/2020 by luisvrey

It really is a long time and shows how back my interests and fascination with  dinosaurs go! Just found these pictures on my first visit to a dino-park ever… Bellomonte, Playa de Guanabo (in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba. These … 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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Always trying to find new alternatives…

Posted on 08/05/2019 by luisvrey

Tyrannosaurus rex has been depicted in every possible guise we can imagine… the next reconstruction always pretending to be more accurate than the previous. It is the favourite dinosaur par excellence. So I decided to have another try… a new … Continue reading →

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Dryptosaurus/Laelaps tribute to Charles R. Knight.

Posted on 07/12/2018 by luisvrey

When I saw the pictures, I knew I had to do something about it. Coinciding with a project I’m working in (let’s call it “Dinosaur Goredom”… and this is the second instalment… there are already many more I’m keeping in … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Dinosaur Goredom!

Posted on 31/08/2018 by luisvrey

I was familiar with a specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex named “Wyrex”  for a long time. Dr. Bob Bakker sent me a few pictures of Wyrex pebbly skin… but nothing else. We were at that time discussing the possibility of T. … Continue reading →

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