~ Colin Mochrie
Hello Little Rooftops
by Hanna Mancini
Stegowagenvolkssaurus
by Patricia Renick
Styraco Races
by James Gurney
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' Studio at the Central Park Arsenal (Have you heard of Waterhouse Hawkins? Our family has this picture book about him.)
Living Dinosaur
by Jenni C, Lofiphotography
Tea Rex
by Holly Conrad
The Snake-necked Elasmosaurus
Restoration by Osborn and Knight, from a painting in American Museum of Natural History
Not a dinosaur, but I couldn't resist including it:
Woolly Mammoth
By Kate Alizadeh
Links:*ASCII Art: Dinosaurs
*Early black and white prints of dinosaurs and other mesozoic creatures
* I also love Two Can Dine by Boopsiedaisy
* The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, which has a prehistoric arts contest for Canadians K-12
The title of this post came from a quote by Robert Bakker: "It's very simple why kids are crazy about dinosaurs -- dinosaurs are nature's special effects. They are the only real dragons. Kids love dragons. It's not just being weirdly-shaped and being able to eat Buicks. It's that they are real."
I love thinking about dinosaurs (maybe it's the kid in me?) or maybe it's like writer Sue Henderickson said: "Great white sharks, big storms - somehow, I think we like to be put in our place by awesome things. Dinosaurs do that." And wooly mammoths too. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the images...especially Tea Rex.
Nice quote from Sue H. I think outer space does that, too. Puts us in our place.
ReplyDeleteI can understand why you couldn't resist the woolly mammoth picture. It's very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteAll of the art pieces you chose are very creative and I love the expression of it by the artists. I especially like the first one. Provocative.