Peter Schouten

Peter Mark Schouten is an Australian artist and illustrator of publications in the field of zoology and palaeontology.

[2] His works are characterized by naturalism and faithfulness to detail, whereby Schouten incorporates his own ideas and assumptions in the reconstruction of extinct creatures and thus gives them an individual touch.

During his work as an illustrator and co-author, he worked with several scientists, including Tim Flannery (Astonishing Animals, winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2005, A Gap in Nature, Possums of the World) and John Long (Feathered Dinosaurs).

Schouten became known internationally for his portrayal of Homo floresiensis, which was published in 2004 as the first scientific reconstruction of this species of Hominid.

[4] Schouten was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the visual arts as a wildlife and scientific illustrator, and to the preservation and documentation of Australian natural history".