When: Tuesday 10 February, 6pm to 8:30pm
Where: Pacific Cultures Gallery, South Australian Museum
Cost: Tickets are now sold out
How do artists accurately depict ancient life? Is it just a guess or is there method in the making?
Join South Australian Museum and Adelaide University palaeontologist Associate Professor Diego Garcia-Bellido and renowned scientific Illustrator Peter Trusler as they discuss the process of bringing extinct creatures back to life through scientific illustration and artistic research.
Working directly with researchers at museums and universities worldwide, Peter Trusler is the trusted artist behind many iconic images of extinct fauna, including a plethora of books, papers, and four previously released Australian prehistoric stamp panoramas. His artwork invites inquiry, engaging the viewer and transporting them back millions of years to the time where insects ruled or megafauna roamed the continent.
Hear about the process of bringing a 2-dimensional shape into 3D and creating lifelike images of prehistoric life with immersive details contextualising a vast array of interconnected relationships between the environment and its inhabitants. Peter's latest published work, depicting reconstructions of the Palaeozoic fossils from the Emu Bay Shale of Kangaroo Island, will also be on display in the Main Foyer of the Museum.
Your ticket includes a welcome drink on arrival.
