September 18, 2014

Shields and Spears

I love when this group of Alaskan paleoartists has a show – I even have one of their past postcards framed and decorating my sons’ robot-and-dinosaur themed bedroom.

By Glendon Mellow

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I love when this group of Alaskan paleoartists has a show - I even have one of their past postcards framed and decorating my sons' robot-and-dinosaur themed bedroom.

Scott Elyard, Raven Amos and Zachary Miller are distinct and lively personalities in the paleoart (and often toy) blogging world. (Raven and Scott also frequent the SciArt Hangouts with Tommy Leung and Sharon Wegner-Larsen.) If you live anywhere closer to Alaska than I do, I urge you to check out their work. We'll see if we can get a peek at a few pieces once Shields and Spears is underway next month.

Here's a little making-of video to tease about the show:

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