Andrew Pinder

Andrew Pinder (London 1955) initially studied archaeology, and worked as an archaeologist and prehistorian, directing excavations and producing illustrations for museums, books and specialist publications.

He came to live in Mallorca in 1986 and began to work as an illustrator, painter and muralist.
He has had numerous one man exhibitions on Mallorca and has work in various public and private collections As an illustrator he has worked on more than twenty books, mainly for children, in Catalan, Spanish and English. He has painted many murals including in the Balearic Parliament. He also is a 'geganter' - he has made the traditional Spanish giants that are carried in processions. including one for a village in Catalunya that, at 5.60 m tall, claims to be biggest in Spain.