Tag Archives: Spinosaurus

The spinosaurid saga continues. Now it’s a new look for enigmatic Irritator challengeri!

Posted on 22/05/2023 by luisvrey

We are all aware of the debates about Spinosaurus, the biggest fish eater dinosaur the world has ever seen (insert smile here)… now things take a new twist with a reappraisal of the South Amerrican, Brazilian spinosaur Irritator challengeri… Gondwana … 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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Pathologies… in the waiting!

Posted on 03/05/2021 by luisvrey

There’s nothing more frustrating, as every artist or palaeontologist knows, than a bunch of oven ready pieces rotting away in our vaults without a publisher helping them to see the light!… Those were the pre=pandemic days! Almost two years after … Continue reading →

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New Edition of Dinosaurs of Africa arrived today!

Posted on 27/03/2021 by luisvrey

Just IN! Glad to report that Anusuya Chinsamy–Turan has updated her popular book, carrying all the weight of the edition herself! Very glad to continue to participate in her great work adding some new artwork… obviously most of the old … Continue reading →

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The Next Project will be coming from Mexico (again).

Posted on 25/11/2020 by luisvrey

It was that time of the year, again. There were only two things that made would made us brave the elements and risk everything in these horrible pandemic times: going back to the Soteno family in Metepec and continue my … Continue reading →

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My Spinosaurus finally takes to the waters…

Posted on 05/08/2020 by luisvrey

Lately, this blog is in danger of becoming an obsessive fan club of the Spinosaurus saga, but I couldn’t resist the temptation of finally doing a water-bound restoration of our favourite fisher kings… I understand that the paleo-art market may … Continue reading →

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Spinosaurus Revisited Part 2. Spinosaur hysteria!

Posted on 19/05/2020 by luisvrey

There is a veritable flood of commentary and new restorations of Spinosaurus on the internet.  Most of the commentary is based on false assumptions that feverishly support this or that “Ideal” image of this poorly known, biggest of all theropods. … Continue reading →

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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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Fossils For Africa is out… and not all are dinosaurs of course!

Posted on 30/11/2014 by luisvrey

This little Euparkeria (revised  by John Hutchinson  and Dave Hone, both of whom I also thank here) is one of the several new illustrations featured in the new Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan  book “Fossils For Africa” that I have been advertising here for a … Continue reading →

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That was then… this is NOW!

Posted on 13/08/2014 by luisvrey

Paul Sereno has released his new version of Spinosaurus… the details are still to be disclosed, but by what I saw in the little picture of his new mounted skeleton, this animal is even weirder than we ever thought, so … Continue reading →

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