| STAR WARS VISIONS is an artbook published by Lucasfilm featuring artists from all over the world, Ciruelo being one of them. |
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Star Wars: Visions is a book of artwork from Abrams Books released on November 1, 2010. It contains 120 full-color as well as black-and white paintings inspired by the Star Wars saga from more than 100 renowned artists and features a foreword by George Lucas as well as an introduction by Jonathan W. Rinzler. Because of the large number of images, there is also a bigger, more expensive, limited special edition of the book released on October 1 with more than 40 additional illustrations as well as "behind the scenes" pictures, processes and sketches of the contributors and five hand-signed, archival-quality 10 x 12" giclé prints. A selection of artworks from the Star Wars: Visions collection, owned by George Lucas, was featured in an exhibition in Japan in April 2015. Among the works on display was Ciruelo’s painting Tatooine. The exhibition was held at the Mori Arts Center in Tokyo. |
In this promotional clip Ciruelo is shown painting in his studio in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
| Ciruelo has worked in many ocassions for George Lucas since 1993. One of those projects was the creation of covers for the Shadow Chronicles trilogy. These books are a sequel for the movie Willow, produced by G.Lucas in 1987. |
 Shadow Moon by George Lucas and Chris Claremont Bantam Books, 1995 |
 Shadow Dawn by George Lucas and Chris Claremont Bantam Books, 1997 |
 Shadow Star by George Lucas and Chris Claremont Bantam Books, 1999 |
| "In 1994, when George Lucas contacted me to create these three paintings for his books, he told me that he intended to make Willow 2, based on the story told throughout this trilogy. For that reason, the characters’ designs, costumes, and physical appearance were conceived with the intention of bringing them to life in the film, rather than simply illustrating the book covers. The process involved numerous sketches and many rounds of revisions requested by Lucas himself before we finally arrived at the definitive designs. Far from being an exhausting task, however, the entire process was a genuine pleasure for me. Ultimately, Willow 2 was never made, as the second Star Wars trilogy took precedence." Ciruelo |
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Shadow Moon - 1995
Shadow Dawn - 1997
Shadow Star - 1999
| In 2009, Lucasfilm also commissioned Ciruelo to create two oil paintings inspired by THX 1138, George Lucas’s directorial debut, released in 1971. |
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COPYRIGHTS by LUCASFILM and CIRUELO
| THE LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART The six original oil paintings on canvas created by Ciruelo for the projects described on this page were acquired by George Lucas for his personal art collection, which is on public display at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. It is likely that Ciruelo’s original paintings will be exhibited there at some point in the future. |
The museum opened to the public on September 22, 2026, and is located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles.
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ABOUT DAC EDITIONS.......SHOP........OUR VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE........PICS from CIRUELO's STUDIO Copyright by Ciruelo |
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