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Concerning some of Raúl Martín's paintings,
Dan Varner observantly commented:
>>...I do not understand why
such an obviously talented artist capable of painting such superb images would
so blatantly borrow (yes, even rip-off) from art by Doug Henderson, Donna
Braginetz, and Greg Paul.<<
I agree 100%, and would only add that it
would be nice and more realistic to see some newly formed TRACKS behind those
dinosaurs progressing in a situation where tracks should be left behind.
Even some of our best and best-known artists who depict dinosaurs and other
ancient terrestrial vertebrates in natural settings are often negligent in
this respect. When so much effort is put into making a naturalistic
reconstruction visually credible, it is difficult to imagine why such an element
of reality is either forgotten or deliberately left out.
As a tracker, I feel every serious artist
painting dinosaurs should keep a good book on dinosaur tracks handy. If
anyone out there wants my recommendation of the best one(s), please ask me
off-list.
Ray Stanford
"You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles."
-- Sherlock Holmes in The Boscombe Valley Mystery
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