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James Gurney

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in Glendale, California, The United States

June 14, 1958

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Born June 14, 1958 in Glendale, California. Raised in Palo Alto, the youngest of five children of Joanna and Robert Gurney (a mechanical engineer). Earned a B.A. in Anthropology in 1979 with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of California at Berkeley. Studied painting at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,California, where he met his wife Jeanette. In 1984 they moved to the Hudson Valley of New York State, where they raised two sons, Daniel and Franklin.

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Book Signing This Thursday in Rhinebeck

I’ll be doing a book signing this Thursday, Nov. 7 at 6:00 at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, New York.

I expect to be signing: DINOTOPIA• COLOR AND LIGHT • IMAGINATIVE REALISM • LIFE LESSONS FROM DINOSAURS, plus we’ve got a preview copy that you can see of THE ARTIST’S GUIDE TO SKETCHING.

I’ll bring along a couple original paintings and do a brief talk and Q&A. Hope to see you there!

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	Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art) 4.22 avg rating — 14,599 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time 4.28 avg rating — 12,670 ratings — published 1992 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art) 4.10 avg rating — 8,284 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinotopia: The World Beneath 4.29 avg rating — 4,165 ratings — published 1995 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara 4.35 avg rating — 1,453 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinotopia: First Flight 3.86 avg rating — 989 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artist's Guide to Sketching by James Gurney, Thomas Kinkade 4.46 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Gurney's Dinotopia Pop-Up Book by James Gurney, Michael Welply (Illustrator), Rodger Smith (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dinotopia Journal 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Lessons from Dinosaurs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Survival of all or none.
One raindrop raises the sea.
Weapons are enemies even to their owners.

Give more, take less.
Others first, self last.
Observe, listen, and learn.
Do one thing at a time.

Sing every day.
Exercise imagination.
Eat to live, don't live to eat.”
― James Gurney, Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time

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“There is no line between fine art and illustration; there is no high or low art; there is only art, and it comes in many forms.” (p. 12)”
― James Gurney, Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1)

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“A moment well spent is the best accomplishment. Yesterday is a phantom and tomorrow a mirage. The only day worth living is this one. If we can do that wekl, the yesterdays and tomorrows take care of themselves”
― James Gurney, Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara

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James Gurney's Blog

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