illuminates ideas"

How would you explain what you do to someone outside the art world?

I'm quite an eclectic illustrator, who touches on different aspects of my profession. I illustrate press articles, I've illustrated a lot of opinion articles for different newspapers, as well as caricatures for characters, book covers, posters, children's books... I illustrate everything that has to do with illuminating an idea.

What are you working on at the moment?

‘Hector o el lado optimista de la vida' has just been published and, at the moment, I'm very involved in my Art-Shop Lance And Malone, located in the Old Part of Donosti, where I sell my prints and my work; it's a very personal project to which I dedicate a lot of time. And then I continue to work for local press, and also for different countries: I have an agent in New York who handles my work in the USA for example. I work for a lot of places really.

What can we find in this Art-Shop?

Here I try to have very personal works that I like the most to offer them to people who really appreciate them. Caricatures of popular characters, about musicians and artists... there are people who collect them. I also have works in which you can see what is local: our San Sebastian, but in my own way. They are not ordinary postcards. I also have some very personal things: the 'Egurrak', screen-printed inks on wood for decoration, walls... It took me a long time to get to the final product and I'm very happy. And, although I don't always do it, I usually personalise them.

Author of books, illustrations... What do you feel most identified with?

If I had to choose one thing, although it's very difficult, it would be illustrated books. Another thing I feel totally happy with are my caricatures, I think they are my best version many times.