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Full-time palaeo-reconstruction artist. Our new book, THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, is out now! Buy here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-secret-lives-of-dinosaurs/9780231211307/

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POV: You found a new book that will change the way you think about dinosaurs forever πŸ¦–πŸ¦•

Happy #WorldBookDay!

β€˜The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs – Unearthing the Real Behaviors of Prehistoric Animals’ @bobnichollsart.bsky.social

05.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 😊

24.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few more crops from "The Twisted Feast," commissioned by The Etches Collection. It features a bunch of fossil species from the museum & the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Crocodiles #Plesiosaurs #Dakosaurus #Alt4Me

24.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are some crops from "The Twisted Feast," commissioned by The Etches Collection. It features a bunch of fossil species from the museum & the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Crocodiles #Plesiosaurs #Dakosaurus #Alt4Me

23.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You would have to watch out for that Dakosaurus!

20.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This it the 4th edition and the third cover I designed and illustrated . . .

20.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW ARTWORK for #FossilFriday
Here's "The Twisted Feast," commissioned by The Etches Collection. It features a bunch of fossil species from the museum and the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Ichthyosaurs #Pterosaurs #Crocodiles #Plesiosaurs

20.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

There's lots of new information in this new edition. Darren says: "There is a lot of new stuff in this edition, including whole new sections of text and a massive overhaul of art."

20.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Jay.

20.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

19.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's my new cover artwork for the 10th anniversary 4th edition of DINOSAURS, HOW THEY LIVED AND EVOLVED, by @tetzoo.bsky.social & @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social (NHM London). The sauropod is #Amargasaurus. It will be available soon!

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sauropods #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

19.02.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
The three most recent editions of Dinosaurs: How They Lived & Evolved.

The three most recent editions of Dinosaurs: How They Lived & Evolved.

Cover of new, 2026 edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived & Evolved.

Cover of new, 2026 edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived & Evolved.

An advance personal copy has arrived: a 10th anniversary, 4th edition of #Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, my
@nhm-london.bsky.social book with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social. New sections on the book's ancestry, on dinosaur brains, intelligence, macroecology and more, plus LOADS of new art...

19.02.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Just got my hot-off-the-press copy of the new edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, written by @tetzoo.bsky.social and yours truly, with gorgeous new cover art from @bobnichollsart.bsky.social: finally, a sauropodomorph on the cover πŸ¦•πŸ¦•πŸ¦• On sale soon!

18.02.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 222 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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DinoCon

Unfortunately, I don't sell my work online. Currently, the only place prints of my work can be bought is at DinoCon (www.dinocon.co.uk).

16.02.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, he is. He read our book on tour before submitting his endorsements. 😁

16.02.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's marine reptile artwork features Platecarpus hunting Enchodus. It was commissioned by the The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in 2021.

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Enchodus #Cretaceous #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me #FossilFriday

13.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's marine reptile artwork depicts a mother Nannopterygius giving birth. This is one of about 60 artworks I produced for Prof Michael J. Benton's book, DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR (published by Princeton University Press)

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Art #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Ichtyosaurs #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

12.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's marine reptile artwork is a 2008 digital artwork of Corosaurus.

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Cretaceous #Reptiles #Corosaurus #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

11.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's marine reptile artwork is #Cretaceous Jaws, an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring #Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult #Tylosaurus (top right), 2 #Squalicorax (bottom right), & a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Sharks #Mosasaurus #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

10.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering my friend Richard Forrest, a marine reptile expert, with a week or two of marine reptile artworks. I'll start with this old acrylic painting, called The Wreck, which I created for Richard back in 2004.

#SciArt #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Alt4Me #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld

09.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm sticking with the marine reptile painting theme for Fossil Friday. Here's an old acrylic painting of Liopleurodon and Metriorhynchus, called "Killing Breach".

#FossilFriday #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #Dinosaurs #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

30.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I imagine he/she is saying, "YOOHOO!"

29.01.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW!

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

29.01.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The first mural I ever painted (1997) was at the Dudley Museum & Art Gallery. Part of the mural featured a pliosaur; I reworked the pliosaur pose in my 2009 "Leviathan" painting for The Etches Collection.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Pliosaurs #Dinosaurs #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

28.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two old ichthyosaur artworks exhibited in #Birmingham (UK): the 1996 piece was my very first acrylic painting for a museum, & the 2016 piece was my very last acrylic painting for a museum (I now paint digitally).

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Ichthyosaur #MarineReptiles #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

27.01.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my oldest acrylic paintings, featuring Kentrosaurus. Can you tell that Doug Henderson was/is my favourite artist?

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Stegosaurus #Kentrosaurus #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

26.01.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Review on The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs (10/10)!
This new book by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and @bobnichollsart.bsky.social presents stunning fossils of deep time with their secrets revealed!
I highly recommend it to any enthusiast of prehistoric animals and paleontological discoveries.

26.01.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
DinoCon 2026 'tickets available now' advert

DinoCon 2026 'tickets available now' advert

Tickets for the 2026 #DinoConUK - happening July 25th-26th at Hilton Birmingham Metropole are NOW ON SALE!

23.01.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@iknowdino.bsky.social

23.01.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 557: Bob Nicholls: Paleoartist Extraordinaire - I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast Robert (Bob) Nicholls has been painting, sculpting, and painting some of our favorite paleoart for decades. He joins us to share how he does it. Plus, a fossil found hundreds of feet below a natural h...

My recent I KNOW DINO podcast interview with Sabrina and Garret is now live: iknowdino.com/emausaurus-e...

#SciArt #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #SciComm #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #FossilFriday

23.01.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1