EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 22 © 2018 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

46 After his stint doing covers for magazines and books around the world, Penalva began a new career painting on canvas and creating art for porcelain (of special note is a series of collector’s plates done in 1992 commemorating the discovery of America). In retrospect, Jordi Penalva's work represents the ultimate pairing of bravura painting andheroic subjectmatter. His cover art was the embodiment of everything the publications they appeared in promised to deliver. ●