Beth Zaiken
@bzaiken.bsky.social
Artist/Muralist/Illustrator | Blue Rhino Studio | US Mint | Paleoart and extinct critters, natural history and science communication 🎨🦣🦖
Oh wow, finally installed!!! Looking absolutely EPIC 🤩
At long last, Beth Zaiken’s spectacular He’ll Creek mural is permanently installed in the Sue gallery!
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Oh wow, finally installed!!! Looking absolutely EPIC 🤩
Reposted by Beth Zaiken
The stupendous, monumental and awesome Mesozoic Art II is officially out in shops TOMORROW and we know that many people who've ordered one have already received their own copies. Here are thoughts on this amazing book ... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/... #books #art #paleoart #palaeoart
Mesozoic Art II, Palaeoart Portfolio for the 2020s — Tetrapod Zoology
Among the most successful of books I’ve been involved in are those devoted to palaeoart. In particular, I’m thinking here of 2022’s Mesozoic Art , edited by Steve White and myself and published by Bl...
tetzoo.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The stupendous, monumental and awesome Mesozoic Art II is officially out in shops TOMORROW and we know that many people who've ordered one have already received their own copies. Here are thoughts on this amazing book ... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/... #books #art #paleoart #palaeoart
Adorable ❤️
March 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Adorable ❤️
Hey look—now y’all can follow my friend and fellow coin designer/nature illustrator @emilydamstra.com , she’s the bees knees! 🐝
For my first post here, I'm sharing a little collage of my work: three natural science illustrations and one coin design. I've been a self-employed illustrator for nearly 25 years now, so this is a small sampling. Many more examples here: emilydamstra.com
#sciart #paleoart #coindesign #fishart
#sciart #paleoart #coindesign #fishart
January 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hey look—now y’all can follow my friend and fellow coin designer/nature illustrator @emilydamstra.com , she’s the bees knees! 🐝
Hey y’all should follow my friend @kevinbeaudin.bsky.social , an inspired painter of magical critters and fellow maker of prehistoric monsters!
Hey #bluesky,
Reintroducing myself for all the new folks!
Personal work & kayaking = www.instagram.com/kevin_beaudi...
Day job= www.rhinocentral.com
@bsky.art #SciArt #paleoart #animalart #sculpture #painting #artistsonbluesky
Reintroducing myself for all the new folks!
Personal work & kayaking = www.instagram.com/kevin_beaudi...
Day job= www.rhinocentral.com
@bsky.art #SciArt #paleoart #animalart #sculpture #painting #artistsonbluesky
Blue Rhino Studio
Blue Rhino Studio is a leading artistic exhibit fabricator and designer for museum exhibits, visitor centers, educational institutions, zoos and aquariums throughout the United States and around the w...
www.rhinocentral.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Hey y’all should follow my friend @kevinbeaudin.bsky.social , an inspired painter of magical critters and fellow maker of prehistoric monsters!
A Tylosaurus chomping a smaller mosasaur (platecarpus) for Bluesky! 🥂
November 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
A Tylosaurus chomping a smaller mosasaur (platecarpus) for Bluesky! 🥂
I started my career as a traditional painter, and I used to hand-paint gigantic canvas murals (like this 58’x14’ one from 2015 (c) Blue Rhino Studio). These days I’ve transitioned to doing the same kind of work, only digitally.
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
I started my career as a traditional painter, and I used to hand-paint gigantic canvas murals (like this 58’x14’ one from 2015 (c) Blue Rhino Studio). These days I’ve transitioned to doing the same kind of work, only digitally.
Should probably remind folks I’m also an illustrator, you might see my work out in the wild on a cover like this recent one for Scientific American
November 17, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Should probably remind folks I’m also an illustrator, you might see my work out in the wild on a cover like this recent one for Scientific American
Throwback Thursday (are we still doing this?) to that time I was a Homotherium dentist....
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Throwback Thursday (are we still doing this?) to that time I was a Homotherium dentist....
New sabretooth just dropped! Well, scimitar-toothed if we’re being serious
This is not a drill, a mummified sabretooth cat has been published from the #Pleistocene permafrost of Russia. It's a Homotherium cub! The team (Lopatin et al.) reckon it's Homotherium latidens. It's too young to have enlarged upper canines. Paper is OA ... www.nature.com/articles/s41... cont...
Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia
www.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:19 PM
New sabretooth just dropped! Well, scimitar-toothed if we’re being serious
Reintroducing myself here—I’m a #PaleoArtist (illustrator of natural history), sculptor/fabricator and lead #muralist at Blue Rhino Studio. Here’s a popular pic of me doing a small part of the job—creating #dinosaurs! #quetzalcoatlus
November 12, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Reintroducing myself here—I’m a #PaleoArtist (illustrator of natural history), sculptor/fabricator and lead #muralist at Blue Rhino Studio. Here’s a popular pic of me doing a small part of the job—creating #dinosaurs! #quetzalcoatlus
Reposted by Beth Zaiken
Reminder to my artist friends that this awesome site exists. It lets you pick a species of animal, set the orientation of the skull, and then search for pictures of that animal that match the skull position.
Also, consider tipping the creator if you found it useful!
x6ud.github.io#/
Also, consider tipping the creator if you found it useful!
x6ud.github.io#/
April 20, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Reminder to my artist friends that this awesome site exists. It lets you pick a species of animal, set the orientation of the skull, and then search for pictures of that animal that match the skull position.
Also, consider tipping the creator if you found it useful!
x6ud.github.io#/
Also, consider tipping the creator if you found it useful!
x6ud.github.io#/
Reposted by Beth Zaiken
"Telling stories in #art has always been essential to how I navigate the world." @bzaiken.bsky.social
readingroom.money.org/qa-with-beth...
readingroom.money.org/qa-with-beth...
Q&A with Beth Zaiken
A narrative-driven artist brings her love of storytelling to the bold designs she produces for the United States Mint.
readingroom.money.org
March 21, 2024 at 3:20 AM
"Telling stories in #art has always been essential to how I navigate the world." @bzaiken.bsky.social
readingroom.money.org/qa-with-beth...
readingroom.money.org/qa-with-beth...
Reposted by Beth Zaiken
#FossilFriday Scientists sequenced Siberian #mammoth genomes from genetically healthy animals to those who were isolated on Wrangel Island before extinction. What they found has implications for endangered animals today. 🦣
(Art: @bzaiken.bsky.social)
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
(Art: @bzaiken.bsky.social)
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
DNA from mammoth remains reveals the history of the last surviving population
The mammoths of Wrangel Island purged a lot of harmful mutations before dying off.
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2024 at 11:27 AM
#FossilFriday Scientists sequenced Siberian #mammoth genomes from genetically healthy animals to those who were isolated on Wrangel Island before extinction. What they found has implications for endangered animals today. 🦣
(Art: @bzaiken.bsky.social)
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
(Art: @bzaiken.bsky.social)
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
Well let’s try out this new establishment….hello! I’m Beth, a paleoartist, science illustrator, museum muralist, diorama creator, dinosaur builder, and hey I also design coins and medals for the US Mint. #paleoart #bluerhinostudio
October 18, 2023 at 4:17 AM
Well let’s try out this new establishment….hello! I’m Beth, a paleoartist, science illustrator, museum muralist, diorama creator, dinosaur builder, and hey I also design coins and medals for the US Mint. #paleoart #bluerhinostudio