Illustration by Svetlin Vassilev, Unknown Title

Svetlin Vassilev is a painter and book illustrator born in May of 1971 in Rouse, Bulgaria. He studied in the Intermediate Academy of Arts in Plovdiv and then in the National Academy of Arts in Sophia. He has illustrated more than 20 books, using the mediums of watercolor and acrylic paint.

Since 1997 Vassilev has lived in Greece with his wife Ada and their daughters During this time he has illustrated a wide variety of picture books, some of classical stories and some written by modern authors. In 2004, Svetlin Vassilev received the Special National Award for his illustrations of “Don Quizote”.