Dodos on the Riviere Tamarin Canvas Print

This is the next artwork of my dodo bird series of paleo art. Here are a couple of dodos playing by the river. I picked Rivi� Tamarin pretty much at random from a list of rivers on Mauritius. I don't know if dodos would have ever actually encounter the river or even if it existed back then (for all I know, it was created later by humans as an outflow for the Mare aux Vacoas, the largest reservoir on the island). I really just picked it to give the work a better name.

The brown dodo is especially interested by something in the flowing water. He isn't fishing. Dodos supposedly didn't eat fish. Apparently, their diet was primarily based upon fruit. Perhaps he just noticed his blurry reflection looking back at him.

I really like the way the landscape turned out on this one. I wanted to make plants and rocks look close. My goal was to make the viewer feel like they are sitting quietly on a rock in the middle of the river just watching as the dodos waddle up to the s...

Daniel is a classically trained artist. A native of the East Cobb community in the Atlanta Metro area, he majored in art at the University of Georgia and has since accumulated over 25 years of art experience. Most well-known for his scientific illustrations of prehistoric creatures, he is also accomplished in creating Wild West art, fantasy art, wildlife scenes, and horror illustrations. His works have appeared in magazines and newspapers; the covers of books, albums, and products; and even in a few science and natural history museums. Accolades: - Cover of "The Horror Zine Magazine" Summer 2023 - Feature Artist "Wild West Magazine" Summer 2019 - Cover of "Fossil News" Spring 2016 His Illustrations have appearing in - Scientific...