While at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Doug collaborated with paleobiologist Dr. C.R. Harington
on projects to create a life-size group of Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), and a
life-size Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis). In both cases Doug produced scale models of the
animals using fossil remains, references and observations supplied by Dr. Harington. Once the
scale models were approved life-size models were made with the assistance of museum model-making
staff and volunteers. As a private contractor Doug has also produced two
life-size flying Pteranodon longiceps for the Canadian Museum of Nature. Using
the valuable experience gained working with paleontologists, Doug produces
dinosaur and extinct animal sculptures for sale to the public. All of his
new pieces are based on the best scientific information available to him and
exhibit the same attention to detail, that he has become know for.
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Deinonychus antirrhopus claw, second pedal
ungual
3.5" x 1.6" x .5"
Painted resin cast: $7.50 US |
I made this model of the bony core
of the killing claw for my own interest at the same time as my
Utahraptor claw. I used the dimensions from Dr. John Ostroms 1969
description.
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Utahraptor claw, second pedal ungual
7" x 3" x .75"
Painted resin cast: $15.00 US |
I made this model of the bony core
of the killing claw as reference for my Utahraptor sculpture. I used
the dimensions from Dr. Jim Kirklands paper but I modeled it in a
pre-crushed condition.
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Utahraptor ostrommaysorium: 1/12 scale sculpture
9.5" x 18" x 5.5"
Painted resin cast:
$275.00 US
Bronze cast, edition of 10: $1,625.00 US
Wood base $35.00 extra
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When Steven Spielberg brought Jurassic Park to the big screen he pumped up Michael Crichton's
Velociraptor villains to make them even more terrifying than reality.
Real Velociraptors were about 6 feet long. Soon after that Paleontologist Dr. Jim Kirkland found
the real deal in the badlands of Utah. About 18 feet long with a mouth full of sharp serrated
teeth, 9 inch retractable killing claws on its feet and 7 inch claws on it's hands, nasty
business. Utahraptor lived during the Early Cretaceous about 120 million years ago and probably
ate just about anything it wanted.
My sculpture is based on Dr. Kirkland's paper "A
Large Dromaeosaur From the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Utah" and
comparisons to specimens of more complete dromaeosaur species. See
also: Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus..." by John H. Ostrom;
"Dromaeosauridae" by John H. Ostrom.
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Triceratops: 1/24th scale
sculpture
7" x 11" x 6.5"
Painted resin cast: $200.00 US
Bronze cast : $1,285.00 US
Edition of 10 — 8 available
Wood base $35.00 extra
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One of the last and largest of the horned dinosaurs.
All Triceratops skeletons displayed to date are composites since no complete specimen has been
found. A reasonable estimate for length of an adult would seem to be 26 feet. Skulls have been
found with a length of slightly more than 7 feet. Triceratops was a herbivore and would have
made a good meal for it's contemporary T.rex. Tooth marks left in fossil Triceratops bones are a
good match for T.rex but the debate wages on as to whether or not this was the result of
predation or scavenging. Personally I do not think you make an animal as big and nasty as T.rex
and tell it to wait around for something to die, but it was probably also an opportunist that
would not pass up a free meal!
Much of the information I used to produce this
piece came from Dr. Peter Dodson's modern interpretation of
ceratopsian data in his book "The Horned Dinosaurs". See also: "A
Revision of the Ceratopsia" by Richard Swann Lull ; "The Gigantic
Ceratopsidae, or Horned Dinosaurs, of North America" by O.C.
Marsh.
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Tyrannosaurus rex: 1/24th scale
sculpture
7.5" x 19" x 5"
Painted resin cast: $275.00 US
Bronze cast: $1,625.00 US
Edition of 10 — 7 available
Wood base $35.00 extra
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What is the biggest predatory
dinosaur ever found Tyrannosaurus rex, Giganotosaurus carolinii, or
Carcharodontosaurus? So far the scientific jury seems to be out on
this one but with a length of 40 feet, six inch dagger-like teeth in
a 5-foot head and weighing about 6.5 tons I would still run like
heck! Tyrannosaurus rex lived during the Late Cretaceous about 65 -
67 million years ago in western North America. I have based my piece
to a great part on the AMNH mounted composite specimen, data from
the T.rex "Sue" as well as information from Dr. John Horner's book
"The Complete T.rex". The heavier than usual reconstruction of the
arms is based on Matt Smith's interpretation of the new material
found in Kathy Wankel's T.rex. See also:"Tyrannosaurs from the Late
Cretaceous of Western Canada" by Dale A. Russell; "Skeletal
Adaptations of Ornitholestes, Struthiomimus, Tyrannosaurus" by Henry
Fairfield Osborn; "Evolution Emerging" by William King Gregory;
"Pelvic Musculature of Saurischian Dinosaurs" by Alfred S.
Romer.
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Pteranodon longiceps: 1/12th scale
sculptures
Finished painted resin "Catchin' a Wave" with translucent wave
$550.00.
Unfinished resin cast each closed and open mouthed versions: $150.00 each.
23" x 9.5 x 8"
1/12th scale Enchodus fish comes with open beak version at no extra
charge.
Unfinished opaque resin wave base for closed beak version $70.00.
Finished solid bronze version of "Catchin' a Wave"
$2500.00 |
These are casts of the models I
used to create my life-size sculptures for the Canadian Museum of
Nature.
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Pteranodon longiceps: life-size
Pictured version only
23' x 9.5' x 8'
Painted fiberglass reinforced polyester resin cast. Contact us for
pricing. |
This is a cast of the life-size sculpture I created for the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Pteranodon longicepes lived in North America during the Cretaceous about 85 million years ago.
This is a model of a male with a wingspan of 24 feet. Fossil evidence shows that they were fish
eaters that hunted for their prey in the seas that once covered the middle of the continent.
This sculpture was created under the direction of Dr. Steve Cumbaa of the Canadian Museum of
Nature.
Key references were Osteology of Pteranodon by G.F. Eaton 1910, Sexual Dimorphism of
Pteranodon and other Pterosaurs by S. Christopher Bennett 1992, Pterosauria by Dr. Peter
Wellenhofer 1978, Pterosaurs by Wann Langston Scientific American 1981, The Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs by Dr. Peter Wellenhofer 1991.
Click here for the story of their construction.
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Chasmosaurus irvinensis holotype
skull reconstruction |
My job was to mold the surviving skull fragments,
incorporate the casts of the specimens into a sculpted reconstruction of the
skull and lower jaw, mold the finished skull and then cast and paint a
finished model of the skull of the Canadian Museum of Nature under the direction of Dr. Robert B. Holmes.
Read the full story.
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Fossil replication
Final artwork on casts of Chinese feathered dinosaur Sinosauropteryx.
The Canadian Museum of Nature contracted me to paint two FRP
casts of the Chinese feathered dinosaur Sinosauropteryx. The casts of
specimens 127586 & 127587 were provided by the Canadian
Museum of Nature.
Dr. Xiao-Chun Wu provided me with photos of the original fossils and gave
the final approval on the artwork.
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Life-size baby Tyrannosaurus rex puppet
Approximate length 4'
Carved out of ethyfoam for Cretaceous Creations.
Painted by Jean-Guy Auger
That's my # 1 dinosaur critic standing beside it. |
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Life-size Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis)
produced for the Canadian Museum of Nature. Final model is epoxy putty over Styrofoam
and wood.
8' long from tip of nose to end of tail. |
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Photo Jean-Guy
Auger |
American Mastodon Group (Mammut americanum)
1/10th scale models produced for the
Hopewell Rocks Ocean Tidal Adventure Centre, New Brunswick.
American Mastodons first appear in the fossil record of North America about 3.7 million
years ago and disappear at the close of the last glaciation (9,000 years ago). Size of
models: male - 12" high, female - 11" high, baby - 4.5" high. |
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Three Life-size Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus
primigenius), male, female & baby produced for Canadian Museum of Nature. Final models
are cast in fiberglass reinforced polyester resin.
Heights at shoulders: Male-10', Female 8', Baby 4' |
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