Sunday, March 22, 2020

Healing a Baby Dinosaur

Sending out a healing image to you all. 

8 comments:

Roberto Quintana said...

What a sweet and tender image! So delightful and expressive. The lack of background and the subtle vignetteing is remarkably effective. You are really a great story teller!
What’s the back story? Who are the models? Best -RQ

James Gurney said...

Thanks, Roberto. This is from Dinotopia: The World Beneath, a quiet moment between dramatic ones in the illustrated adventure. The kids are helping an ill baby Triceratops named Stubbs. The boy is based on my son Dan, who posed for him. Meg is based on a girl in our town, daughter of a couple of teachers. Painting against white BGs was of course so common for so many of the artists I admire, such as Lovell, Rockwell, Wyeth, and Leyendecker.

Paula O. said...

Thank you for sharing this touching image. Your daily blog is an important highlight in my day during these concerning times.

Bob said...

The picture is sublime and moving, as is the Small Wonders print from the same book. Thank you for the thought James, it's much appreciated. Breathe deep, seek peace.

ferrelli said...

A great image! At my age, I feel a little dinosaur-ish! 😂 I look forward to your blog each day. There is always something to contemplate from artists I’ve never heard of to tutorials on painting to how-tos on making things. Thank you for all you do. I’m sure this takes up more of your day than you realized when you started and I SO appreciate it. Blessings, Sue

Susan Krzywicki said...

Thank you.

Jason said...

In this painting I love how the energy in the girl was captured. I feel she is really engaged and will reach out at anytime towards the boy or the dinosaur. Great job capturing that.

CerverGirl said...

Thank you.