Fred Gambino – The Fires of Sinhala

Year: 1987
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1987
Medium: Acrylic on illustration board
Size: 17 × 23 inches

Original cover illustration for the third volume in Colin de Silva’s Sinhala series of historical novels. The author is Sri Lankan, and the series is an epic retelling of 18th-century Sri Lankan historical fiction. Created in wraparound landscape format and signed.

Artist: Fred Gambino
Fred Gambino is a British science-fiction and fantasy illustrator and concept artist whose career spans publishing, film, television and games. After establishing himself as a cover illustrator, he worked for clients including Penguin, Warner Books, National Geographic and major entertainment companies. His later screen work includes concept and matte-painting work on Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and concept work on Guardians of the Galaxy. Gambino's books Ground Zero and The Art of Fred Gambino: Dark Shepherd document a career distinguished by cinematic lighting, imaginative technology and highly polished traditional painting.