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Lifelong fascination with dinosaurs and drawing, both of which are evident in these pages. My goal is to illustrate science & textbooks and share with people something I'm incredibly passionate about.

For me, imagining how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals behaved, is like watching a documentary on African wildlife. I try to vary my illustrations as much as possible in terms of depicting dinosaur behavior. As you look through my work you will see illustrations of predators & prey, parental care, dinosaurs at play and other social interactions. Over the past few years I have expanded my work to include, birds, amphibians, fish, invertebrates, mammals and reptiles.
I graduated from Vermont with a B.A in Visual Art and I am currently considering graduate school. My work has appeared in over a dozen issues of Prehistoric Times Magazine and sold at auction at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca N.Y.

I've also been commissioned by private art collectors, schools, the YMCA Childrens Learning Center, and the Geology Department at Cape Fear Community College.

I love to travel and I think that I am going to post some photos of where I have been. Below is a list of places I have been.
Honduras
Belize
Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
California
Nevada
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Utah
Arizona
Wyoming
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Maryland
Tennessee
New Jersey
Virginia
West Virgina
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan (Home town Ann Arbor. GO BLUE!)
Delaware

All of the images here are scans of original 19'X24 pen &ink illustrations . Many more are coming, as well as some work I've done in color.

Feel free to email me at:

matthewrinka@gmail.com