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Charles van Sandwyk
The Original Art of Charles van Sandwyk
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Charles van Sandwyk
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The Original Art of 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. |
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Books Published include:
1986 A Selection of Neighbourly Birds – Limited Edition of 126
1991 Affairs of the Heart According to Birds – Limited Edition of 20
1992 The Parade to Paradise – published with Summerwild Productions
Affairs of the Heart According to Birds – trade edition
1993 How to See Fairies – Limited Edition of 1000
1994 Wee Folk – Limited Edition of 40
1995 10th Anniversary Edition of Neighbourly Birds – Limited Edition of 1000
1996 Sketches from a Tropic Isle – Limited Edition of 1500
Pocket Guide to the Little People – Limited Edition of 2000
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