Anna + Elena = Balbusso Illustrations

We are featured artists of the current issue 21 of 3x3 Magazine. The magazine have devoted 14 pages to our work with a particular focus on our illustrated books. Approximately 13 color illustrations full-page . The article has been written by our italian fellow illustrator and friend Architect Max Casalini, co-founder of the Arcoquattro Studio in Milan and of the Italian Association of Illustrators. The entire issue 21 is focused on picture book illustrators and exhibits the winners of the 3x3 Children’s Show.

Our latest picture book "Beowulf" retold by Robert Hill, has been published by Black Cat and now it's on sale online blackcat-cideb.com. We made ​​the cover and 13 full-page color illustrations. You can view a selection directly in our gallery painterly. Beowulf is the title of an Old English heroic epic poem set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. The events described in the poem take place in the late 5th century, after the Anglo-Saxons had begun their migration to England, and before the beginning of the 7th century, a the time when the Anglo-Saxon

We illustrated the opinion page of the New York Times Sunday Review published: 31 March 2013. The title of the Sunday Dialog is: Choosing How We Die. Should it be legal for doctors to help end dying patients’ lives? About our artwork, the topic is very sensitive and complex. We have chosen a spiritual interpretation. The hand suggests the presence of a medical aid. The patient's body is freed from the pipes that block him. The body is dematerialized in the sky. He find a way out…"In this modern world, millions of us will live for two or three years with a condition that ultimately kills us;

The Illustration Program at the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University in Boston brings together top illustrators from the United States, Canada and Italy for an invitational exhibit titled "Contemporary Illustration: At Your Service" at the University’s Adams Gallery, from March 16 through April 28, 2013. We were invited to this exhibition and we will be present with an illustration "red wall" part of book: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Folio Society 2012. Among Artists are Istvan Banyai, John Cuneo, Allesandro Gottardo from Europe (Italy), Bill Mayer, Anita Kunz, Steve Brodner, Nathan Fox, Mel Odom.... 

Also this year the Communication Arts magazine awarded us the Award of Excellence for 7 illustrations books and editorial categories: Blue Girl (The New York Times book review), Mermaid (Tor books), book: "Eugene Onegin" (The Folio Society). All 7 entries will be published on the next May 2013 issue of the CA Illustration Annual 55 www.commarts.com. It’s a great honour to win this prestigious award per 7 consecutive years! Please visit our portfolio painterly.

We have been in New York in February 1, 2013 to receive our third Gold Medal (book category) by The Society of Illustrators 55, for three consecutive years: 2011 - 2012 - 2013. We have 7 pieces in the show! We want to thanks everyone. Special thanks to all wonderful staff of the SOI and Folio Society.

We are very happy that our "blue Girl" piece has been published in the New York Times Book Review: November 9, 2012. The image accompanies the article titled "The Girl in the Blue Dress" By Rick Moody, book review of ‘Giving Up the Ghost’ by Eric Nuzum, Dial Press. The NYT Book Review is the prestigious weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry www.nytimes.com