Murals have adorned the walls of human habitats for thousands of years beginning with the cave men. Some murals, such as Leonardo da Vinci's "e;The Last Supper"e; survive to this day and are considered among the world's greatest works of art. Unfortunately, the meticulous craftsmanship and skill necessary to create these murals has limited them to the homes and palaces of the rich and powerful.

However, advances in digital technology now allow great works of art to be reproduced in life sized proportions at a price which is affordable to an average family. AutographMurals.com has recently created a series of murals from the best selling books about Dinotopia, a land where Dinosaurs live in harmony with humans. These spectacular illustrations by award winning Artist and Author, James Gurney, can now transform any wall into a pathway to a world of imagination.

• Dinotopia series of books has sold more than 2 million copies
• Basis for a six part miniseries that aired on NBC in May 2002
• Official Dinotopia web site:www.dinotopia.com
• Review of Miniseries on DVD -click here

• Bio -www.dinotopia.com/gurney.htm
• Majored in Anthropology at Univ of California at Berkeley
• After college he traveled cross country on railroad boxcars with friend and painter, Thomas Kinkade (Painter of Light), and co-wrote a book, "e;The Artist's Guide to Sketching"e;www.dinotopia.com/hoisters.html
• Began his career as a background painter for animated films (Fire and Ice 1983)
• Drew covers for science fiction and fantasy paperback books
• Created illustrations of lost civilizations for National Geographic.
• Drew one of the All-Time Top 10 most popular commemorative stamp collections for the US Postal Service - "e;World of Dinosaurs"e;www.dinotopia.com/stamp.htmand published the book "e;The World of Dinosaurs"e;
  
  Awards
  • Hugo from the World Science Fiction Convention
  • Chesley from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.

• AutographMurals.com uses state of the art technology to create affordable life sized murals from famous works of art. The murals have the look of hand painted, yet cost thousands less.
• Images from the original paintings are transferred onto a high quality, vinyl coated pre-pasted substrate that is applied to a wall in 18"e; wide panels just like wallpaper.
• Murals are currently available for many of the most stunning images from Dinotopia, the nautical Art of Montague Dawson, Leonardo da Vinci's "e;The Last Supper"e;, Spencer Hodge's "e;Panda Pair"e;, Claude Monet's "e;Argenteuil"e; and many, many more.
• The murals available at a desktop near you atwww.AutographMurals.com

• Modern Humans Able to Live Among the Dinosaurs
• March 2005 Dinotopia Murals available atwww.AutographMurals.com
• Aug 2004 Oshkosh Museum's Dinotopia exhibit draws far more than expectedhttp://wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/
  local/stories/local_17191937.shtml
• 2002 - Dinotopia Goes to the Smithsonianhttp://dml.cmnh.org/2002Apr/msg00617.html

Contact
Clifford Burke
301-869-9441
cburke@AutographMurals.com

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