Welcome to our first tribute gallery in
honour of an amazing paleoartist...
The
world lost one of its greatest paleoartists on the 1st of January 2012, and we
at ART Evolved wanted to honour Dan Varner's memory and work with a
gallery dedicated to the subject matter he held close - prehistoric marine
reptiles and ocean critters.
Not
knowing him personally, we direct you to read a tribute to Dan Varner by his
friend Bruce Schumaker on Oceans of Kansas here.
We
hope this gallery will serve to honour the life and work of Dan Varner, and to
inspire others to follow in his footsteps. If you would like to
participate in this gallery, send your work to artevolved@gmail.com, and
we will post it here.
Click
on the pictures to enlarge them!
We
hope you enjoy this tribute to Dan Varner!
Terminonatator, the last swimmer by Yul Altolaguirre Zancajo
This elasmosaurid was perhaps the last one of the whole elasmosauridae family.
High Plains Drifters: Cretaceous
Critters of the Western Interior Seaway by Christopher
Hutson
The True Marine Dinosaur
by Craig Dylke
A Hesperonisid, a toothed bird of the Cretaceous. Being a toothed bird
it can be said this is still a non-avian Dinosaur, but only just (if you
do consider this correct).
Note the big nasty salmon ancestor Enchodus also attacking the smaller fish swarm.
Note the big nasty salmon ancestor Enchodus also attacking the smaller fish swarm.
For the full story behind this piece of work, click here.
Cretaceous Shellfish Dinner
by Craig Dylke
Stormy Cretaceous Sea
by Craig Dylke
Heavily inspired by this photo by Stefano Unterthiner
For the full story behind this piece of work, click here.
For the full story behind this piece of work, click here.
Squalodon
by Craig Dylke
Squalodon Orca of the Oligocene
by Craig Dylke
Xinpusaurus by Anthony Contoleon
Xinpusaurus, because the Triassic really did produce some singular fauna, marine and otherwise.
Acanthostega, an early amphibian from
the Devonian by Sarah
Snell-Pym
The plants are
not based on Devonian fossils as I did not have access to any literature on
them so they are made up - however I was basing the picture on the concept that
the development of the "legs" was for pulling itself along weed
chocked shallow waterways rather than walking on land. They had concealed
gills like fished and were probably amphibious in order to get enough oxygen in
the organic rich water. They had eight digits on the front limbs with
webbing between, the number of digits on the back limbs is unknown - they were
very fin like and unlikely to have been able to be weight bearing for walking
on land.
Tug-of-War
by Connor "C-Rex" Ross
Wide Load
by Connor "C-Rex" Ross
Globidens Feeding on Clams
by Tommy Leung
The Reversal: The Evolution of the
Humpback Whale Phylopic by Mike Keesey
Thank
you for checking out this tribute gallery. We are certain Dan Varner
would be honoured by the wonderful work inspired be his talents.
Hopefully you've been inspired to dive underwater and create your own Varner-style work.
Hopefully you've been inspired to dive underwater and create your own Varner-style work.
If
you wold like to add to this gallery, send your submissions to artevolved@gmail.com.
The
next gallery is a return to awesomeness with our Second Pop Culture Gallery!
Get your Dinorider and Flinstones pics in before September 1st 2012 to artevolved@gmail.com.
Get your Dinorider and Flinstones pics in before September 1st 2012 to artevolved@gmail.com.
A summer of paleoart
fun!
