I was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1967 and I work as a freelance illustrator in Bellingham, WA, USA. I am specialised in whimsical, mysterious and magic reality illustration as well as children’s illustration.

I started working in a professional design studio in Madrid in 1987. In 2002, after several years of freelance work in different artistic activities, I started Intuitive Designs design studio with my wife, Naomi Niles.

As a kid, I used to get distracted all the time by my cartoonish drawings at school and art classes. I was fascinated by the cartoon world of Walt Disney, Hannah Barbera and Warner Bros. I later developed a passion for comics and I turned down playing in the park with other kids to stay at home drawing my own comics and cartoon characters.

It was during my teenage years that I discovered the amazing world of illustrators such as Brian Froud, Roger Dean and Patrick Woodroffe. I realized there was a wonderful way to put my own stories, ideas, images and visions in beautiful books and I decided to become an illustrator. This also led me to the marvelous work of classical masters, such as Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Kay Nielsen and Einar Norelius.

I like to tag my artwork as “Magic Realism”: a world where realities from different dimensions live together portrayed from an emotional perspective. Shadows and light is the conceptual motto of my work. The meeting point between both of them creates a mysterious spark of contradiction that has always fascinated me.

What am I involved in now?

• A fantasy/imagination book of mysterious and magical characters.

• A book that compiles illustrations of songs and lyrics by different artists.