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Informationen zum Autor Ray Troll's art has been featured on the Discovery Channel! in dozens of magazines and newspapers! and in galleries and museums such as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the California Academy of Sciences. He has created and illustrated several best-selling books! including Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z (2002); Life's a Fish and Then You Fry! a cookbook by Randy Bayliss (2002); and! with Brad Matsen! Raptors! Fossils! Fins and Fangs (1995); Planet Ocean: A Story of Life! the Sea! and Dancing to the Fossil Record (1994); and Ray Troll's Shocking Fish Tales (1993). His next book! Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway! with text by paleontologist Kirk Johnson! will be published in 2005. He lives in Ketchikan! Alaska. Brad Matsen is an author! documentary screenwriter! and photographer whose books include Incredible Deep-Sea Adventures (2003); The Shape of Life (2002); Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters (1998); and his three previous collaborations with Ray Troll. He lives in Seattle and New York. Klappentext In addition to celebrating the extraordinary fish artist! this beautiful book also pays tribute to the world of zoological and anthropological creatures he renders with a blend of biological accuracy and surreal! offbeat humor. Zusammenfassung A celebration of the author's artistic vision offers a vivid retrospective of the artist's legendary works! as well as the author's commentary on the thought and inspiration behind his art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction: Brad Matsen The Art of Ray Troll Alaska Stream of Consciousness Dancing to the Fossil Record Fish Storm on the Amazon Sharks and Their Relatives Illustration Credits Biographies
