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Photo by Aaron Camens, taken at Lake Callabonna Fossil Locality
FUPS 2020/2021
PalaeoArt Competition Online Gallery!
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2D Traditional/Mixed Media Art
Alison Worsnop- Trilobites
This painting was inspired by the Oxford University Natural History Museum ‘Trilobite slab’, then the Emu Bay Shale Redlichia rex in The Conversation and the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology paper by James Holmes, et al and finally, the specimen of Redlichia takooensis at the Museum & Art Gallery NT.
Judges comments:
The colours in the trilobite piece are amazing and evocative of the oxidised iron sediments characteristic of many Australian fossil deposits. There’s also a great balance here between a recent death assemblage, with the carcasses settling on the sea bottom, and the transition to the way we often see trilobites preserved as fossils. I’ve been staring at it for about 5 minutes – are they alive or are they fossils? They look as though they are slowly embedding themselves in the rock.
Judges comments:
The colours in the trilobite piece are amazing and evocative of the oxidised iron sediments characteristic of many Australian fossil deposits. There’s also a great balance here between a recent death assemblage, with the carcasses settling on the sea bottom, and the transition to the way we often see trilobites preserved as fossils. I’ve been staring at it for about 5 minutes – are they alive or are they fossils? They look as though they are slowly embedding themselves in the rock.
Nellie Pease- Thylacoleo carnifex: Lion Around
This entry is a digital drawing of Thylacoleo carnifex.
Judges Comments:
This is a very sweet depiction of an unguarded Thylacoleo. I love its subtlety, its depiction of an utterly common behaviour, or lack thereof more to the point. Palaeo-artists often focus on depicting extinct animals with mouth agape, on the rampage or doing something very active. Although I realise this animal is just resting, it also reminds me of what it was like spending days lying alongside Nullarbor Thylacoleo #1, imaging it lying down exhausted and eventually stopping breathing.
Big fan of this one - serene! The spaces between the lines are as important in the detail as the lines themselves. I like that the pose is very non-traditional - how often do you get to see a big Thylacoleo butt?
Judges Comments:
This is a very sweet depiction of an unguarded Thylacoleo. I love its subtlety, its depiction of an utterly common behaviour, or lack thereof more to the point. Palaeo-artists often focus on depicting extinct animals with mouth agape, on the rampage or doing something very active. Although I realise this animal is just resting, it also reminds me of what it was like spending days lying alongside Nullarbor Thylacoleo #1, imaging it lying down exhausted and eventually stopping breathing.
Big fan of this one - serene! The spaces between the lines are as important in the detail as the lines themselves. I like that the pose is very non-traditional - how often do you get to see a big Thylacoleo butt?
3D Models
Shannon Gillespie- Thylacoleo carnifex
Sculpture of Thylacoleo carnifex
Judges comments:
There’s something about the proportions that suggests a young Thylacoleo, coming home from a long and exhausting practice hunt. He’s adorable yet still has that slightly menacing predatory feel. A well-executed sculpture with a lot of attitude!
Judges comments:
There’s something about the proportions that suggests a young Thylacoleo, coming home from a long and exhausting practice hunt. He’s adorable yet still has that slightly menacing predatory feel. A well-executed sculpture with a lot of attitude!
Shannon Gillespie- Thylacoleo carnifex
Sculpture of Thylacoleo carnifex
Judges comments:
There’s something about the proportions that suggests a young Thylacoleo, coming home from a long and exhausting practice hunt. He’s adorable yet still has that slightly menacing predatory feel. A well-executed sculpture with a lot of attitude!
Judges comments:
There’s something about the proportions that suggests a young Thylacoleo, coming home from a long and exhausting practice hunt. He’s adorable yet still has that slightly menacing predatory feel. A well-executed sculpture with a lot of attitude!
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