James Gurney





James Gurney

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June 14, 1958 in The United States

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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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Before the big thunderstorm arrived last Tuesday night, I sat outside and sketched some strange cloud formations.







They're called mammatus clouds, named so because their pendulous forms resemble an animal's udder or a woman's breasts. They are found at the base of anvil clouds, the giant cumulonimbus clouds that generate extreme thunderstorms.



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Average rating: 4.21 · 4,473 ratings · 224 reviews · 21 distinct works
Dinotopia: A Land Apart Fro...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 2,499 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions
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Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara
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Imaginative Realism: How to...
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Color and Light: A Guide fo...
4.72 of 5 stars 4.72 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010
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James Gurney's Dinotopia: P...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993
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Dinotopia
4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1992
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James Gurney: The World of ...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1998
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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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