I was a Hollywood star in one of the biggest blockbusters of the nineties – now I’ve quit fame to be a painter

JURASSIC Park star Ariana Richards has quit Hollywood and now works as an artist, painting dinosaurs.

The actor starred in the 1993 blockbuster as Lex Murphy, the granddaughter of park founder John Hammond, played by the late Richard Attenborough.

Despite landing the huge role, Ariana decided that she wanted to pursue other passions, and now works as a painter.

Now 42, she studied a B.S Degree in Fine Art and Drama at Skidmore College and her art has been featured in art magazines.

According to her website, she draws inspiration from historic painters Monet and Degas.

Her work is award-winning and has been featured in art magazines.

In recent posts, she has shared her work, with her latest being a huge painting of a t-rex crashing through a museum.

She has also created beautiful landscapes and portraits of people as part of her body of work.

Speaking about how she landed the role in one of the most influential films of the 90s, she said that her audition was top secret.

Ariana, who was just 12 at the time, was not even given a script to look over before her audition.

Used to the audition process, Ariana told Radio Times: “The casting person just said to me, ‘So, Ariana, we’re going to put you on tape to share with Steven [Spielberg] and you’re going to act like a dinosaur is attacking you.

“‘You just have to imagine this is happening and we want you to let loose and scream.’

“That was my entire audition, it was the weirdest audition I’ve ever done in my life!”