ARTIST PROFILE JAMES GURNEY

Best known for his book series Dinotopia, James specialises in realistic images of scenes that can’t be photographed, from dinosaurs to ancient civilisations. James taught himself to draw by reading books about Norman Rockwell and Howard Pyle. He received a degree in anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley, but chose a career in art. As well as the Dinotopia series, James has written instruction books, Imaginative Realism and Color and Light.