Charles Van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa in 1966. In 1977, he emigrated with his family to Vancouver, Canada, where he studied graphic design at the Capilano College art programme in North Vancouver, graduating in 1986.

In that same year, van Sandwyk won an Alcan award for his limited edition book A Selection of Neighbourly Birds, illustrated with etchings printed on an antique intaglio press. This first attempt at publishing prompted a passionate venture into the world of handmade and private press books and prints.

He began to divide his time equally between Vancouver and Fiji and settled into a pleasurable routine of winter seasons in Fiji. The fruits of these labours, his watercolours, etchings and books, are now collected across North America and in Europe. The National Library of Canada has maintained archives on his works since 1986, and in 1992 purchased the original drawings and paintings for his children's book The Parade to Paradise.

Van Sandwyk continues to divide his time between Vancouver and Fiji.

Work Available

Tree ScribeToad marched off light-heartedlyRattyToad EscapesToad the Terror - Wind in the Willows

Examples of Sold Work

The Wild Wood - Wind in the WillowsRatty's Bijoux Residence - Wind in the WillowsToad in Gaol - Wind in the WillowsTwo Little Field MiceMole HidingBadger's Sleeping QuartersKingfisherRatty with Picnic BasketToad, Otter and RabbitRatty of to the Wild WoodA Shiny New Motor CarWeaselsToad and the Barge LadyChampagne ToadThe Joy of SpringWillow Wren