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Michael W. Skrepnick | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Paleoart |
| Website | www |
Michael W. Skrepnick is a Canadian palaeoartist best known for his illustrations of prehistoric animals. He has produced illustrations featured in natural history museums, scientific journals, books and magazines. He lives and works in Alberta, Canada.[1] Skrepnick is noted for his acrylic paintings of dinosaurs, such as his rendition of the 2016 discovery of the ceratopsian dinosaur Spiclypeus shipporum.[2]
Skrepnick's dinosaur art is recognized for its masterful use of color and imagination, particularly in environmental composition. Some of his most important contributions include cover illustrations for books like the Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and The Dinosauria. He was a long and close friend of John J. Lanzendorf, whose famous paleoart collection contained many of Skrepnick's original paintings.[3] He was awarded the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize in 2001.[4]
- ^ "Enslow Publishing: Michael W. Skrepnick". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ Avianne Tan (June 15, 2016). "The Art of Deciding What Color Dinosaurs Are is Part of Paleontology, Part Palette-ontology". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ McCarter Jr., John W. (2000). Dinosaur Imagery: The Science of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art: The Lanzendorf Collection. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0124365902.
- ^ "Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Past Award Winners: Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize". Retrieved August 21, 2018.