ABOUT

About Andy

1949           Born at R.A.F. Abyad, Egypt
1966 /69    Raised and educated in Birmingham and Hereford, England 
1962 /65    Served as an illustrator in the Royal Army Medical Corps
1978           Lived in Israel and exhibited first works in Jaffa
1979           Lived and painted in Australia for six months
1979 /80    Sold and exhibited landscapes and miniatures at Liberty & Co., London
1980 /84    Completed formal training at the Southampton College of Art and Design
1984           Immigrated to British Columbia, Canada
1987           Designed & executed a series of large Murals for Victoria Downtown Association
1988           Papua New Guinea with Alcheringa Gallery: Series ‘The Life and Myths of the Sepik River Region.
1995           Visited Australia and painted the first ‘Waterfront Series’
1997           Joined the Victoria College of Art and Design Faculty
2007           Elected as a lifetime ‘Artist in Residence’ at ‘Painters at Painters Lodge’

Education

1984    Southampton College of Art and Design 
1980    Southampton College of Art and Design 
1969    R.A.M.C. Illustration Trade Training
1966    R.A.M.C. Illustration Trade Training 

Solo Exhibitions

2019    Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2013    Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2013    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2011    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2010    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2009    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2008    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2006    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2003    Caswell Lawrence Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2000    Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1999    Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1998    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1997    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1996    James Young, London, England
1995    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1994    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1993    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1993    Robert Delaney Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1992    Robert Delaney Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1990    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1988    Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1987    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1986    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1985    Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1984    Gallery 45, Hereford, England
1984    The Bridge Gallery, Southampton, England
1982    Westgate Gallery, Canterbury, England
1978    Libertys of London, London, England
1978    Dove Gallery, Jaffa, Israel

Group Exhibitions

2010    Painters at Painters Lodge, Campbell River, BC, Canada
2010    Faculty Shows CACGV, Victoria, BC, Canada
2009    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2009    Harrison Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007    Painters at Painters Lodge, Campbell River, BC, Canada
2006    Wallace Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2005    The Avenue Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2005    Caswell Lawrence Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2004    The Gallery At Sixty Dallas, Victoria, BC, Canada
2001    Caswell Lawrence Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
1999    Wallace Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
1998    Harrison Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1997    Faculty Shows CACGV, Victoria, BC, Canada
1996    Commonwealth Institute, London, England
1996    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, England
1994    Royal Wet of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition
1993    “The 2 1/2”, Chateau Victoria Hotel, Victoria, BC, Canada 
1992    “The 2 1/2”, Swans Hotel, Victoria, BC, Canada 
1991    “The 2 1/2”, Sheck Gallery, Chemainus, BC, Canada 
1991    ‘The Robson Bight Show’, Crystal Gardens, Victoria, BC, Canada
1984    ‘Two Point Perspective’, Gallery 45, Hereford, England
1978    ‘House and Garden Show’ Libertys of London, London, England