James Gurney

James Gurney
Born (1958-06-14) June 14, 1958 (age 65)
NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Center College of Design
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Known forIllustration, paleoart

James Gurney (born June 14, 1958) is an American artist and author known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia, which is presented in the form of a 19th-century explorer's journal from an island utopia cohabited by humans and dinosaurs.

Gurney is also a paleoartist who depicts and restores in his paintings extinct fauna such as both avian and non-avian dinosaurs.