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Bob Nicholls Art
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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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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
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Thank you @profaliceroberts.bsky.social!

“The SECRET LIVES of DINOSAURS”, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social & illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social is OUT NOW.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Fossils #Trex #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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From the vault: my double life-size #Morganucodon model (2017), for the University of Bristol #Palaeobiology Research Group & National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. There was a lot of fun debate about what size & shape the ear pinna should be!

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #Triassic
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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From the vault: my life-size Meganeuropsis model, a giant griffinfly (Meganeuridae) from the Early Permian Wellington Formation of North America. The wingspan is 71cm.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Paleontology #Palaeontology #JurassicWorld #Meganeuropsis #Meganeura #Griffinfly #DragonFly #Permian
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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From the vault: my Arthropleura (Carboniferous) model for Muse - Museo delle Scienze di Trento (2015). This is a smaller one, just 50cm long, but they grew to be over 2m long.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Paleontology #Palaeontology #JurassicWorld #Arthropleura #Carboniferous
October 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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It has become a bit of a tradition for me to miss social media portfolio days, so, as usual, here's my contribution one day late.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Cambrian #Sauroposeidon #Psittacosaurus #Thecodontosaurus #Triassic #PortfolioDay
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A few more close zooms into my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. Here we see the smaller sea-rex and some Thrissops fish. This piece was commissioned by The Etches Collection.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld
October 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Here is the complete image . . .
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A closer zoom into my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. This piece was commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular skull is exhibited.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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My first ideas to the finished "sea-rex" artwork; commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular pliosaur's skull is exhibited. Also pictured is a smaller "sea-rex" and Thrissops fish.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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A closer look at the Thrissops . . .
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A zoom into my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. This piece was commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular skull is exhibited. Also pictured is a smaller "sea-rex"

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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New artwork drop for #FossilFriday

Here's my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. It was commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular skull is exhibited.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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It's marine reptile Thursday!
Here's my digital painting of the giant #ichthyosaur, #Temnodontosaurus, or, as BBC News called it, the " #SeaDragon Dinosaur Dolphin." This is the 10m long Rutland specimen (Larkin et al 2023).

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #WildlifeArt #Jurassic #JurassicWorld
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The Tylosaurus spot artwork was added at a later date.
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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It's marine reptile Wednesday!
Here's an acrylic painting from 2021, depicting a #Cretoxyrhina (top left), Squalicorax (#sharks, bottom right), & two #Tylosaurus (juvenile left, adult right). This was a private commission.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Mosasaurus #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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It's marine reptile Tuesday!
Here's a digital painting from 2021, featuring #Baptanodon, a Late #Jurassic #ichthyosaur from Wyoming, USA. It was commissioned by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The greyscale image was my draft drawing.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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It's marine reptile Monday!
Okay, that's not a thing, but here's an old acrylic painting from 1999. It depicts a #Liopleurodon breaching with an unfortunate #Metriorhynchus in its jaws. It was commissioned for a TV series that was never made.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Pliosaurs #JurassicWorld
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social, illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, & published by @columbiaup.bsky.social, is OUT NOW!

#Art #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology
September 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social & illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW!

The book tour will include events across the UK, USA, Canada, & Europe; starting at the Oxford Museum of Natural History on Friday, 10 Oct 2025.

#PaleoArt #SciArt #Dinosaurs #Birds
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Here is the amazing fossil illustrated on the cover, and my draft drawing.
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Our new book, THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, is out today!
Written by Dr Dean Lomax & 49 full-colour illustrations from me – you can buy it on Amazon or from the publisher (link in bio). The fossils in this book will blow your mind!

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld
September 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, coming Sept 23, 2025. Available worldwide.

Thanks to the brilliant @restingdinoface.bsky.social for such a fantastic endorsement!

“THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS”, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Big thanks to Kallie Moore, palaeontologist, #science communicator, & co-host of @pbseons.bsky.social, for a fantastic endorsement!

“THE SECRET LIVES OF #DINOSAURS”, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social, is coming Sept 23, 2025. Available worldwide.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Paleontology #JurassicWorld
September 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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From the vault: my Nature cover art from 2017, featuring #Kulindadromeus, regarding the paper "A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution," from Matthew Baron, David Norman, & @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld
September 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM