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"Once upon a time in the late Cretaceous" - by Simon Cattlin
"Once upon a time in the late Cretaceous" - by Simon Cattlin
A Tyrannosuarus-rex is stalking prey on an open game trail as a huge fireball in the lower atmosphere distracts it together with the two large herbivores below the ridge line. 66 million years ago, in the late Cretaceous period, a massive asteroid tore into Earths atmosphere and smashed into the area now know as the Yucatan peninsular creating the Chicxulub crater.
The asteroid had a diameter of 10-15km and blasted out a crater 150km wide, the ensuing atmospheric damage was catastrophic and led to the demise of all of the non-avian dinosaurs along with over 75% of all know species. The event is recorded in Earth history as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, also know as the K-T event.
This was the last of the 5 major extinction events recorded in Earth’s history although it’s possible that we humans are part way through creating the 6th by pushing the stable Holocene into a destructive, and astonishingly rapid, climate shift …… bad monkeys !!
Original oil on canvas, 90cm x 61cm. Signed by the artist.
£2,500.00 SALE £1,500.00
Fine art paper print – image size 55cm x 37cm, edition size 350
271gsm permajet oyster fine art paper print. £86.00 SALE £72.00
271gsm permajet oyster fine art paper print pre-fitted to wash mount with back board. £130.00 SALE £110.00
Fine art canvas print – image size 68cm x 46cm , edition size 95
100% Cotton Canvas fine art print fitted to 20mm wooden stretcher bars, individually hand embellished with oil paint & hand varnished by the artist. £262.00 SALE £222.00
Custom produced print – Edition size 50
Specific size produced on paper, canvas, glass, acrylic, MDF, dibond including bespoke wall mounts. Priced on individual specification, please contact me directly for options and details.
All works can be pre-framed before delivery to you, please contact me with your preferences to be added to your order.
For the full artwork specification please go to the Artwork Description / FAQ page.
A Tyrannosuarus-rex is stalking prey on an open game trail as a huge fireball in the lower atmosphere distracts it together with the two large herbivores below the ridge line. 66 million years ago, in the late Cretaceous period, a massive asteroid tore into Earths atmosphere and smashed into the area now know as the Yucatan peninsular creating the Chicxulub crater.
The asteroid had a diameter of 10-15km and blasted out a crater 150km wide, the ensuing atmospheric damage was catastrophic and led to the demise of all of the non-avian dinosaurs along with over 75% of all know species. The event is recorded in Earth history as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, also know as the K-T event.
This was the last of the 5 major extinction events recorded in Earth’s history although it’s possible that we humans are part way through creating the 6th by pushing the stable Holocene into a destructive, and astonishingly rapid, climate shift …… bad monkeys !!
Original oil on canvas, 90cm x 61cm. Signed by the artist.
£2,500.00 SALE £1,500.00
Fine art paper print – image size 55cm x 37cm, edition size 350
271gsm permajet oyster fine art paper print. £86.00 SALE £72.00
271gsm permajet oyster fine art paper print pre-fitted to wash mount with back board. £130.00 SALE £110.00
Fine art canvas print – image size 68cm x 46cm , edition size 95
100% Cotton Canvas fine art print fitted to 20mm wooden stretcher bars, individually hand embellished with oil paint & hand varnished by the artist. £262.00 SALE £222.00
Custom produced print – Edition size 50
Specific size produced on paper, canvas, glass, acrylic, MDF, dibond including bespoke wall mounts. Priced on individual specification, please contact me directly for options and details.
All works can be pre-framed before delivery to you, please contact me with your preferences to be added to your order.
For the full artwork specification please go to the Artwork Description / FAQ page.