What the Red Oaks Knew

Title:	What the Red Oaks Knew
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Digital
For Sale:	NFS
Views:	1485
Posted:	4/3/2014
Status:	Published

Projects: Maurizio has been appointed Artist Guest of Honor for three editions of the European Festival Lucca Comics & Games: 2013, 2014, 2015 and Special Guest of Honor & Visual Creator for seven editions of Fantasy Basel, the Swiss Comic Con: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024. Among his clients can be ranked leading Italian and international publishers in the fantastic field: Mondadori, the Rizzoli and Espresso Groups, Fanucci, and overseas The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov' s SF, Analog Science & Fact, Macmillan, PYR, Putnam/Berkley, ImagineFX, Prime Books and Subterranean Press. During his career he has received the Europe Award, the Premio Italia (twice) and the Chesley Award conferred by ASFA, The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. He was the recipient of the ASIMOV' SF Readers' Award as Best Cover Artist in 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2022. His digital paintings have been periodically chosen for annuals, including Infected by Art and Spectrum, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Awarded as a European Grand Master by the European Science Fiction Society, he has been nominated in 2021 and 2022 for the Hugo Award as Best Professional Artist.

Location: Turin, Italy

Cover art for the story What the Red Oaks Knew by Elizabeth Bourne and Mark Bourne (commissioned by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for the Mar/Apr 2013 issue). 2014 Chesley Award Nominee in the ' Best Cover Illustration: Magazine" Category.