Joe DeVito was born on March 16, 1957 in New York City. He graduated with honors from Parsons School of Design in 1981, studied at the Art Students League in New York City and has taken several workshops in human and animal anatomy (both modern and prehistoric) with John Zahourek. His continued studies keep him on the cutting edge of paleontological developments.
Artist site
http://www.jdevito.com
Reference
http://www.jdevito.com/bio.html