Jackie Garner - Wildlife Artist - Illustrations, licencing and commissions

Contact Jackie Garner, wildlife artist
You can commission me to illustrate books, magazines, greetings cards, etc, or licence my work for your products.

I work predominantly in acrylics and watercolour but am happy to embrace other media according to the needs of the commission.

Please contact me to discuss your needs.

Next exhibitions:
London Wild Bird Watch,
WWT London Wetland Centre
20-22 April 2012

Beckford Fine Art exhibition,
Wilton Castle
4-7 May 2012

The Snowy Owl monograph

My illustrations comprise twelve monochrome chapter headings and frontispiece with colour illustrations for the cover: front, back and spine. All illustrations are watercolour. The authors are Richard Sale & Eugene Potapov. The publishers are Yale University Press and Poyser. Publication date: 2011 (tbc).

Grouse of the World (Title tbc)

I’ve recently been illustrating a book on the world’s grouse species for authors Richard Sale & Roald Potapov. I have produced 45 watercolour images showing the male (in display pose) and female of each species plus winter plumages where appropriate. The publisher is Johns Hopkins University Press, USA. Publication date: 2012 (tbc).

Birding World

Sometimes existing work is used rather than commissioning new illustrations. My acrylic Sunlight & Shadow was used for the cover of Birding World (March 2011, issue number 290).

Birds in Ancient Egypt: An Identification Guide

My latest venture is a ground-breaking research project illustrating the birds of ancient Egyptian art for a new book: A Guide to the Birds of Ancient Egypt. In 2008 I spent six weeks in Egypt with a team of researchers, led by ornitho-egyptologist John Wyatt investigating wildlife art in museums, tombs and temples. My role was to make as accurate as possible representations of the art when a photographic image was not possible. In practice this often meant sketching by torchlight.

Birds of Gloucestershire

I have just been approached to provide some of the illustrations for the forthcoming book of the Birds of Gloucestershire. My illustrations will be monochrome watercolour. I will be providing ten illustrations and will be one of a team of illustrators including Keith Shackleton, Chris Rose and D I M (Ian) Wallace. The publisher is Liverpool University Press. Publication date: 2013.