Fossils & Dinosaurs
Oil Painting Gallery
Contact the Perkowitz Art Studio with any questions or to purchase the original oil paintings shown here. Custom prints are also available.
"Styracosaurus Skull"
24x24 | $800
Oil on canvas | 2019
“I love the look of this skull. It is like a Triceratops on steroids.”
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Stegosaurus"
36x 36 | $1000
Oil on canvas
"Stegosaurus are distinct for the ridge of fins along their back and their spiked tail. I thought the unique shape of their skull was interesting too. This is the second of a series of "framed" fossils."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Triceratops Skull"
36x 36 | SOLD
Oil on canvas
"There is something about fossils - the idea of organic life captured in stone. Of all my pieces, this Triceratops Skull reflects that balance best.
This is also one to see in person. The horn extends beyond the from as a 3D printed object."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Tyrannosaurus Rex"
36x 36 | $1500
Oil on canvas | 2018
"I love the iconic look of a Tyrannosaurus. It is always the first image I think of when someone mentions dinosaurs."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Tyrannosaurus"
36x 24 | SOLD
Oil on canvas | 2014
"Like millions of people, dinosaurs have always been a fascination of mine, and as I have grown older, the actual fossils have become far more interesting than the cartoon animations you see in movies. So, if you are going to paint dinosaur fossils, why not start with the best? That's how my Tyrannosaurus was born."
"Daspletosaurus"
36x 24 | SOLD
Oil on canvas | 2014
"A trip to the amazing dinosaur room in the famous Field Museum in Chicago inspired this painting."
"Triceratops"
36x24 | SOLD
Oil on canvas | 2014
"Triceratops is based on an beautiful fossil specimen found at the Field Museum in Chicago."
"Sue the Tyrannosaurus"
36 x24 | SOLD
Oil on canvas | 2014
"If you've ever walked into the lobby of the Field Museum in Chicago, you've been confronted by the intimidating visage of Sue, one of the world's largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus skeletons."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Woolly Mammoth"
24x36 | $1000
Oil on canvas | 2014
"Woolly Mammoth is the fifth on a series of fossil studies based on the collection on view the the world famous Field Museum in Chicago."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Placoderm Fish Skull"
20x 16 | SOLD
Oil on canvas
"A colorful rendition of the placoderm fish skull from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Sue Two"
36x24 | $1000
Oil on canvas | 2015
"The skull of the famous tyrannosaurus Sue from the Field Museum in Chicago."
>> Original painting available for purchase through Perkowitz Art Studio
"Kansas King Fish Triptych"
60x18 | SOLD
Oil on canvas | 2015
"This is the a triptych of paintings showing the fierce xiphactinus audax specimen on display at the Field Museum in Chicago. I would love to have it hanging on my wall, but the actual fossil is not for sale, so I made a painting."