Protohistory

I am a professional artist and illustrator driven by my love of natural history, paleontology, science, traditional arts, technology, and many things geeky. Currently I am lead muralist and a principal artist/designer at Blue Rhino Studio, a well-known museum exhibit design and fabrication firm in Minneapolis, MN.

Marduk was the patron god of Babylon who presided over justice, compassion, healing, regeneration, magic, and fairness, although he is also sometimes referenced as a storm god and agricultural deity...

Ideal reconstruction of Cancho Roano (Badajoz, Spain). It's the best preserved tartesic sanctuary of the Iberian peninsula, dating its original construction of at least the 6th century BC. This illustration is depicting the moment of its abandonment, prior to the fire that destruct it, either accidental or intentional, within some kind of religious ritual. Made for the historical magazine Arqueología e Historia DespertaFerro nº 12 "Tarteso".

Pelasgian pottery<----

Digital 3D reconstruction of the Megaraptoran Aerosteon riocoloradense, one of the many members of its group lacking in modern reconstructions, with good reason due to the questionable and fragmentary nature of most Megaraptorans including Aerosteon itself, thus rendering this reconstruction an approximation utilising as much material as possible from Aerosteon itself resulting in a much wider ribcage than most other Megaraptorans. This reconstruction was commisioned for usage within…

The fossil jawbone, which may be more than half a million years old, raises doubts about whether Neanderthals evolved in Eastern Europe at that time

Iron Age Burial

Fürst von Hochdorf: a Celtic nobleman buried at Hochdorf (southwestern Germany) in 6th century BCE. The 1,87 m (6'1") tall, muscular man was bedded on a bronzen bench in a wooden chamber with rich grave goods, underneath a 6 m (20') high burial mound. #CelticHeritage