Figuring Out the Format of Dinotopia

  I first mocked up Dinotopia as a “Grand Tour of a Lost World,” structured like a travel guide. I was inspired by the lavishly illustrat...

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How I Learned to Fly

I was obsessed with flying machines in my younger years.  Before I graduated high school I had built and flown: radio-controlled glider...

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Into The Wilderness

  Gideon and Bandy head into the wilderness, from  Dinotopia: First Flight. What inspired this painting were stories of wild...

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  Poets and philosophers have imagined childhood as an awakening from the sleep before life, or the sleep between lives.  Companions, wa...

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Painting the Pre-Electric Night

  Before electricity, nighttime seemed a lot brighter. That’s because electric lights constrict our pupils, making the darkness darker. R...

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Four Paintings to Be Auctioned on November 4

  At the  November 4 Illustration Art Auction  at Heritage Auctions , four of my paintings will be offered for sale. The Tartarus Incide...

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Living With Mammoths in Dinotopia

The partnership with mammoths began modestly, with villagers gathering the tufts of wool that the gentle giants shed in spring.  Later, wh...

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