Hola! This is Raquel, an international fine artist and illustrator born in Madrid, Spain. I am a member of the Association of Illustrators in London. My work varies from personal to commercial projects, and also private commissions.
After gaining my Degree in Fine Arts and Master in Visual Arts Education, I have participated in exhibitions in Spain (Madrid, Valencia, Toledo, Segovia), UK (London) , USA ( New York and Chicago ), Japan (Fukuoka), UAE (Dubai) , Italy (Rome), Venezuela (Caracas), Cuba (La Habana), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Portugal (Porto) and Colombia (Bucaramanga) .
I also have more than 16 years experience as a teacher of Arts and Design. I love the animation and video games industries and I have been teaching some courses of Visual Development for beginners too. In addition, I collaborate in projects as a concept artist.
My personal work features detailed and delicate images with a recurrent female presence as well as an atmosphere of nature and light surreal touches. I love creating art with an ethereal and fantasy mood, using both stylization and realism to represent my ideas.
My art practice is mainly defined by the use of pencils, watercolor, ink and digital. However, I enjoy using multiple experimental techniques and I like bouncing between different approaches in my work.
My collectors and community describe my work as magical, elegant and soft. I am very happy for this because I believe the world needs more of these attributes to balance the negative energy, like yin and yang.
I love making people feel light, inspired and peaceful with my art. I wish to take them to a place of contemplation, fantasy and beauty. I create beauty not to just excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul. I create Art to uplift and inspire.