Ian Espinoza's Page

IAN ESPINOZA began his career in the architectural illustration field over 30 years ago, under the tutelage of his step-father, internationally renowned illustrator, Carlos Diniz. After 25 years at Carlos Diniz Associates, and upon Carlos’ retirement in 1997, Ian opened Ian Espinoza Associates to continue the tradition of fine art architectural rendering that had been passed along to him.

In the course of his career, Ian has worked with an elite stratum of architectural visionaries and has produced a volume of work for competitions and presentations throughout the world. Ian’s works has also been featured in many publications as well as instructional books on the subject of rendering.

“I consider the training that I received from Carlos and his associate Jay Vance to be equal or superior to any that I could have received in a purely academic setting. I had the opportunity to work side by side with these master professionals and had hands-on experience on how to dovetail artistic challenges with the tightly constrained deadlines that architectural rendering is notorious for.

“Having your technical skills down cold and thus being able to produce excellent work under the difficult conditions of this profession – unbelievably tight deadlines, often scant information regarding the project and ever evolving designs – is what I consider to be the key to success in this field.”