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“The Smell of Carrion”
Tyrannosaurus rex, Denversaurus schlessmani, Dakotaraptor steini, Borealosuchus sternbergii, Brachychampsa montana, Gilmoremys lancensis, Meniscoesssus robustus. A recent acrylic painting of a bloated corpse of a Denversaurus that has floated downstream, ending up in a cypress swamp, where the smell of the decay has attracted an array of scavengers looking for a free meal.
This was completed some time in late May, but I held off on posting the final piece as Dr. Thomas Holtz asked if he could use it as part of a press release for a recent paper he had worked on regarding the ecological niche occupation of younger tyrannosaurs, how they fill out the roles of mesopredators in their environments. The paper is titled; “Theropod guild structure and the tyrannosaurid niche assimilation hypothesis: implications for predatory dinosaur macroecology and ontogeny in later Late Cretaceous Asiameric.”
Completed in late May 2021.

Done using acrylics, color pencils, and Photoshop CC.

Description

“The Smell of Carrion”
Tyrannosaurus rex, Denversaurus schlessmani, Dakotaraptor steini, Borealosuchus sternbergii, Brachychampsa montana, Gilmoremys lancensis, Meniscoesssus robustus. A recent acrylic painting of a bloated corpse of a Denversaurus that has floated downstream, ending up in a cypress swamp, where the smell of the decay has attracted an array of scavengers looking for a free meal.
This was completed some time in late May, but I held off on posting the final piece as Dr. Thomas Holtz asked if he could use it as part of a press release for a recent paper he had worked on regarding the ecological niche occupation of younger tyrannosaurs, how they fill out the roles of mesopredators in their environments. The paper is titled; “Theropod guild structure and the tyrannosaurid niche assimilation hypothesis: implications for predatory dinosaur macroecology and ontogeny in later Late Cretaceous Asiameric.”
Completed in late May 2021.

Done using acrylics, color pencils, and Photoshop CC.