All my life I've had a fascination with nature and my "creatures" as I called them. Growing up in Maine, I was always bringing something home, in a bottle, for my parents to admire. My interest in creatures soon turned to dinosaurs and drawing.

I would sit on the floor and study the art of Rudolf Zallinger for hours and try to draw whole scenes of my own on poster paper.

As I grew older my focus shifted to photography and art. I studied photography in Denmark and worked several years as a photographer. My

It wasn't until I read Robert Bakker's book The Dinosaur Heresies and Raptor Red that I had a resurgence of interest in prehistoric life and with the excitement of all the new discoveries I began to paint paleo subjects.

I am interested in recreating the smaller life forms and the plants of the time. I try to recreate what it would be like to peek under a rock in the late Cretaceous Period.

I like to work in watercolors, colored pencil and acrylics.

If you enjoyed visiting and viewing my artwork I would like to hear from you or if you have a project that needs my artistic skills, I am accepting commissions. You may contact me at the email address below.

Janice McCafferty