Sandy Gardner

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Creating things for you that communicate a feeling, capture a moment or rejuvenate a memory is an intrinsic part of the wonderland I strive to share with you. I feel very honoured to have won several national and international awards including the Adobe Illustration Award, the Transworld Bookart prize and the Red Eye Capture Manchester prize. I feel proud that my work has considered good enough to have been published and commissioned by leading publishers and renowned clients including Penguin Books, the Decca Record Company, Amnesty International, Transworld, Hodder, Harper Collins, Bridgewater, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust WWT as illustrations, book covers, CD covers and bespoke scarf designs. I have written for art magazines and books and hired as a consultant for the BBC Arts project. My illustrations have been published extensively in the UK ranking me as the 3rd most published UK illustrator of the last decade, topped only by Roger Hargreaves of the Mr Men books and illustrator Mary GrandPré of the Harry Potter series by JR Rowling. I have fulfilled commissions for large interactive illuminated installations for Light Up Lancaster and the Arts Council, created interactive murals for music festivals, events companies and wedding venues across the country.