![]() To learn more about his creative process, influences and non-art interests, which include riding a unicycle, read on in this Q & A between Gurney and Almanac Weekly’s Lynn Woods. He has exhibited at museums across the US, Canada and Europe, lectured widely, and also is an accomplished plein air painter.īorn in Glendale, California in 1954, Gurney has resided with his family in Rhinebeck since 1984. He has illustrated hundreds of sci-fi and adventure/fantasy book covers and published paintings recreating lost civilizations in National Geographic for more than a decade. ![]() Gurney has published eight books, including two artist’s how-to guides on technique. Paleontologists have praised the Rhinebeck artist for his accuracy: One scholar noted his knack for “giving the dinosaurs expressions I find believable…this has probably affected my own view of them.”īut Dinotopia is just one facet of a rich and successful career. ![]() ![]() Dinotopia won fans not only for its perfectly rendered imaginative vision, but also for its humanistic storytelling, which departed from the violence and dark worldview that often characterizes the adventure/fantasy genre. James Gurney’s exquisite paintings have brought to life ancient and fantastic worlds, including the Earth populated by dinosaurs in his famous Dinotopia series of illustrated books. ![]()
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