Artist in Residence
Since the 1980's, Peter Trusler, trained as an biologist/anatomist (B.Sc. from Monash) and wildlife artist has worked with Prof. Vickers-Rich and Dr Thomas Rich on a number of projects to visualize past environments. Together they have produced many books (Wildlife of Gondwana (Indiana University Pres), The Fossil Book (Doubleday), The Dinosaurs of Darkness (Allen & Unwin) and the cover of Time Magazine in 1993. Trusler has worked for National Geographic and two of his paintings of Australia's ancient past grace the walls of the NGS Headquarters in Washington, DC. Peter takes the science from the researchers' heads and translates that into oil or watercolour on canvas, making frontline research a reality for the public. He also is able to render detailed anatomical drawings that clarify scientific research papers. Trusler has produced paintings for a number of exhibitions jointly mounted by the School of Geosciences, the Monash Science Centre, the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Queen Victoria Museum. He has provided the art for the second largest stamp issue in the history of Australia Post on Australian Dinosaurs in 1993 and is currently working on one of the five major stamp issues for AP on Precambrian Life in Australia, for issue at the International Stamp Expo in Sydney 2005. His work has won many awards, including the Eureka Award for his art in Wildlife of Gondwana in 1993. |
