Currently splitting his time between Chicago and Arkansas, he can be reached through his website: http://www.richardaknaak.com. While he is unable to respond to every e-mail, he does read them. Join his mailing list for e-announcements of upcoming releases and appearances. He is also on Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ciruelo Cabral was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 20, 1963. His formal art training was limited to a few courses in drawing and advertising design, after which, at the age of eighteen, he immediately found work in an ad agency as an illustrator and at twenty one he became a freelance illustrator and started a career as a fantasy artist.
In 1987 Ciruelo traveled to Europe and settled in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. He then embarked on a search for publishers for his "worlds of fantasy", eventually finding them in Spain, England, the United States and Germany, and through this means he reached a broad audience. Among his US clients is George Lucas, for whom he illustrated the book covers of the trilogy "Chronicles of the Shadow War".
He has also created a number of rock album covers, Steve Vai's The 7th Song and The Elusive Light and Sound being two of them. Other clients include Wizards of the Coast (Magic cards), TSR, Berkley, Tor, Warner, Ballantine, Heavy Metal magazine, Playboy magazine, etc. He also worked with Alejandro Jodorowsky on a comic story published in France in 2006.
In 1990 Ciruelo illustrated The Book of the Dragon to be published by the Spanish publisher Timun Mas. Foreign rights to this magnificent book were sold to Paper Tiger, London, in 1992, who had also published his first artbook: Ciruelo, in 1990. In 1997 the book Luz, the Art of Ciruelo came out. This third book features over 160 full color illustrations, a number of pencil sketches and ink drawings laid out in 128 pages. In 2000 his fourth art book Magia, the Ciruelo Sketchbook was published. In 2006 a special little book came out, Travels Notebook, with drawings and texts by Ciruelo. In 2008 his book Fairies and Dragons was published, containing many illustrations accompanied by a story written by himself. In 2010 Dreams Notebook followed the line of Travels Notebook. In 2012 his art book Infinito Interior was published featuring over 80 paintings.
He lives with his wife Daniela and their kids, Angelo and Lys in Sitges, a quaint and magical town near Barcelona, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Please check out his work at his website www.dac-editions.com
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