About
Elizabeth Sparg uses acrylic gouache and coloured pencil to create her playful and painterly illustrations. She lives in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa.
Elizabeth has a BA degree in Fine Art, and Psychology (Hons) from UKZN, Pietermaritzburg and worked as a freelance graphic designer for more than ten years before transitioning to full-time illustration and book design, in 2021.
Her illustration projects include children's books and surface pattern design. Elizabeth loves drawing expressive animal characters, and bold and textured environments.
She is an animal and nature enthusiast with a love for the beach, surfing, and her dogs, Mr Waffles and Jess (aka Squelp). They live next to a nature reserve where her book characters are inspired by the antics of vervet monkeys, mongooses, snakes, frogs, likkewaans (monitor lizards), and many bird species that frequent their large, overgrown garden.
With game reserves (safaris) on her doorstep, and weekends spent at her local beaches (with dolphins and whales), Elizabeth is the perfect pick to illustrate animal and nature inspired stories!
Interviews/Press:
2024 - Illustrator Spotlight on Kidlit411.com
2024 - Illustrator Spotlight on Kidlit411.com
Community:
Currently serving as Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI South Africa region.
2023 - Book Dash Volunteer
Currently serving as Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI South Africa region.
2023 - Book Dash Volunteer
Notable Clients:
Shuter & Shooter | Via Afrika | Book Dash | Nal'ibali x Cadbury
Shuter & Shooter | Via Afrika | Book Dash | Nal'ibali x Cadbury
Member:
SCBWI
Illustrators For Hire
Repped in the US by Wendy Lynn & Co (independent authors in the US, and publishers and authors outside of the US, may work with Elizabeth directly)
SCBWI
Illustrators For Hire
Repped in the US by Wendy Lynn & Co (independent authors in the US, and publishers and authors outside of the US, may work with Elizabeth directly)
