Raúl Martín (artist)

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Raúl Martín is a

National Geographic.[1] As of 2001, he works with the paleontology department at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain, where he currently lives, as well as with the paleoanthropological team of the Atapuerca Mountains excavations.[2]

Among Martín's most iconic works are paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals such as the giant

crocodilians Deinosuchus and Sarcosuchus.[3] He considers himself to be entirely self-taught and has drawn inspiration from hyperrealist painters including Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Antonio López García. Throughout his career he has created paleoart in predominantly acrylic paints, but also works with oils, pastels, pencils, and more recently digital.[1]

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