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Aga Grandowicz

Name: Aga Grandowicz
Address: Rathfarnham, IE
Telephone: +353857153449
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Aga Grandowicz

Dublin-based award-winning wildlife illustrator and graphic designer. aga-grandowicz.com
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My name is Aga Grandowicz and, after a long and successful career in graphic design and advertising, I decided to dedicate more of my time to wildlife illustration and everything else that is biodiversity-related. I use nature to connect with the world and others. In a world where wildlife and biodiversity are under such threat, this feels like important work. For me, capturing living things as th

ey go about their day, uninterrupted and unaware of just how magical they are, feels like an opportunity to preserve and prolong their life. The artwork allows them to exist long after their purpose has been fulfilled, giving recognition to the crucial role they play and the feelings they inspire in us. My trusted black pen is my tool of choice. I love how it marks the page, its softness and the range of pressure and shade it offers. I draw on white paper and use a surface that’s rough enough to create a tactile experience that brings the audience as close as possible. I’m drawn to projects with purpose, creating something that’s not just beautiful but useful and informative. Like nature books or large-scale murals that help visitors and locals connect with the community they’re in. To see more of my designs and artwork that have a natural twist or purpose, please visit https://naturalworlddesign.ie/, or check my Instagram pages and . To see the wildlife-related books I publish (yes, I'm a new publisher!), please visit https://naturalworldpublishing.ie/ (you can follow it here, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NaturalWorldPublishing). My ideal project would be anything that incorporates wildlife art – illustrated wildlife information boards, signage for zoos, parks and wildlife reserves, wildlife murals, top-end restaurants or hotels decor, children’s or adults’ books about wild or domesticated animals.

06/06/2026

This is how I draw when listening to zumba music 😉
Sent myself to the shed to not annoy anyone at home 😉

05/06/2026

I've never been particularly interested in exhibiting my work. To be honest, it feels a little uncomfortable. It's much easier and faster to share it here or on my website. But I understand that every now and then, it's important to step outside that comfort zone and make those direct human-to-human connections.

Over the years, I've taken part in many group exhibitions by invitation, and I even organised a solo exhibition myself. Still, exhibiting has never really been my natural habitat.

Recently, though, I responded to an open call for artists, submitted a proposal, and was pleased to be selected with this piece – a drawing I made in 2020.

So, for a little while, the 'European birds' will be on its little holiday and hanging on a different wall. And if someone buys it (I’m contemplating bringing the original), I might part with it for good.

If you'd like to hear more about the exhibition, I'll share the details in a few weeks.

02/06/2026

I’ll admit it – I’m not a fan of spiders.

To me, they’ve always been among the creepiest creatures around: those multiple legs, the sudden movements, the oversized bodies. They’re not exactly the animals I’d choose to spend my day looking at.

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), my current commission had other plans.

This spider made its way onto the drawing board, and as I worked on it, I realised something interesting. To get past my own feelings about the subject, I had to stop seeing it as a spider. Instead, I looked at it as a collection of shapes, lines, textures, shadows, and colours. A curve here, a highlight there, a pattern repeated across a leg.

In a way, every drawing is just that.

Thankfully, there are no more eight-legged surprises waiting for me in this commission :)

26/05/2026

Something in Polish for a change :)

Zapomniałam powiadomić, no więc z małym opóźnieniem zapraszam moich polskich znajomych na O'Czytani Festiwal Literacki, już jego 6. edycja, gdzie tym razem będę uczestniczyć w panelu dyskusyjnym. Sama jestem tego ciekawa i milo by bylo zobaczyć trochę więcej znajomych twarzy :)

25/05/2026

Ireland marks the westernmost edge of the common frog’s (Rana temporaria) natural range.

This amphibian goes by many names: grass frog, European common frog, European brown frog, European pond frog, and even the rather grand-sounding European Holarctic true frog. My personal favourite is European grass frog – descriptive and refreshingly free of the word “common”.

The common frog is one of only three amphibians native to Ireland, yet despite producing huge numbers of offspring, very few survive into adulthood. Nearly every carnivore seems to have frogs on the menu, while suitable habitats continue to disappear. Woodlands, wetlands, ponds, and meadows with long grasses are becoming increasingly fragmented through urbanisation and land management practices. Frogs are also threatened by pollution, road traffic, and diseases such as the often deadly Ranavirus.

And yet, despite all these pressures, the species is still listed globally as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List. In Ireland, however, its situation is considered far more fragile, and the species is legally protected.

If you’d like to make your garden more welcoming to frogs and other wildlife, follow for excellent advice on creating wildlife-friendly spaces 🐸

🎨 This artwork is part of a large commission I’ve been working on this month.

📔👂 I always listen to audiobooks while drawing in a realistic style – something I genuinely look forward to. While creating this piece, I listened to 'Fire' by John Boyne. I can’t remember ever reacting to a character in quite this way before: finding her intelligent, charismatic and fascinating, while also feeling deeply unsettled by some of her actions. It’s rare for a book to create that kind of tension in a reader – where admiration and discomfort exist side by side.

Have YOU ever read a book where you were both drawn to and disturbed by a character at the same time?

22/05/2026

The meadow pipit is a small, widely distributed bird in Ireland, with around 500,000 to even 1,000,000 pairs present here. (I’d like to know why the range is so wide; 500,000 more or less makes a huge difference. Can anyone shed some light on this for me, please? ?).

The bird is remarkably similar to a song thrush, but differs in size and belongs to a different family of birds (pipits and thrushes, respectively). It can be found living on bogs, uplands and areas of scrub and pasture, and, because meadow pipits forage on invertebrates and nest directly on the ground, they are highly sensitive to habitat changes such as the removal of tall grasses.

🎨 This artwork is part of a large commission I’ve been working on this month.

📔👂 I always listen to audiobooks while drawing in a realistic style – one of the quiet perks of this kind of work.
The final touches on this piece coincided with the last chapter of John Boyne’s absolutely wonderful 'Earth', masterfully narrated by Dane Whyte O’Hara. The story left me both stunned and heartbroken. It reminded me how easy it is to move through life without fully considering the weight some people carry every day, and how powerful literature can be in forcing us to pause and truly feel another person’s experience.
The last time a book affected me this deeply was 'Educated' by Tara Westover – another unforgettable listening experience. (And yes, that cover design deserves its own appreciation too.)

21/05/2026

As part of Co. Meath’s Biodiversity Week 2026 programme, I was invited to facilitate two workshops on my latest book, ‘Animals of Irish Name and Origin’. I’m very glad I had the opportunity to meet the young children whose future decisions will shape the state of our biodiversity. I hope some of the conversations we had will stay with them for years to come.

A huge thank you to Ashbourne and Dunboyne libraries for having me 😊

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http://aga-grandowicz.com/

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