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So you want my arts job: Wildlife Illustrator

Peter Schouten has been a freelance wildlife illustrator for five decades, with the depiction of prehistoric animals being his speciality.

2 Sep 2024 9:00

Celina Lei

Wildlife Illustrator Peter Schouten. A black and white photo of an elderly man wearing slim glasses and a shirt on a digital gold background with the text 'so you want my arts job?'

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Wildlife Illustrator Peter Schouten. Photo: Supplied.

Peter Mark Schouten AM FRSN is an Australian artist and wildlife illustrator whose work is featured in publications across zoology and paleontology (prehistoric life forms).

Over the past 50 years, Schouten has illustrated End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals, among countless others. He is a Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian art and science, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_