Rancho La Brea - Smilodon and Camels

date. 2022

medium. Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects

client. La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

description. Under the dappled light of an oak tree, a Smilodon fatalis observes a herd of Western camels across a shallow pond that will soon become an asphalt trap15,000 BP.  First in a series of four paintings created to accompany Regan Dunn and Emily Lindsey's featured article in Science Magazine and it's online counterpart.