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| Andrew Stock |
| Andrew Stock is a self taught artist and has been painting full time since leaving Sherborne School in 1978. Personally encouraged by the late Sir Peter Scott, he held his first one-man exhibition at the age of twenty one at the Malcolm Innes Gallery in London's Walton Street. Working mainly in water based media, subject matter has primarily been wildlife, especially birds. However, in recent years he has been painting still life and landscape with great success. Since 1991 etching has also formed an important part of his creative repertoire. |
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As well as regular visits to the Highlands, Andrew has spent considerable time in the Lot region of France. India also has a great alure and he has now visited Uttaranchal, having previously travelled to and around Kerala and Rajasthan. India has considerably broadened Andrew's portfolio and exhibitions now include paintings and etchings of street scenes, landscapes, figures and shipping as well as the birdlife.
In November 2008 Andrew travelled with the Royal Navy on HMS Endurance to the Antarctic Peninsula - the resulting exhibition took place at Frost & Reed in June 2009.
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However, the Highlands and more especially the contrasting beauty and wilderness of the Outer Hebrides remain a constant pull and an annual pilgrimage.
It is here, while lobster potting in a very small boat on a very big North Atlantic swell that he was first inspired to paint his sea pictures - a theme that he finds constantly challenging and exciting.
Andrew spent February 2010 on Pabbay (in the Sound of Harris) working on his next major exhibition at Frost & Reed, planned for November 2010.
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Andrew is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and Past President of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA).
As well as exhibiting regularly in London he has a growing international following and is now represented in America. He has carried out many Commissions including paintings for 29 Commando RA, RACAL Electronics, Casino Hotel Group (India), and over 30 works for the Sultan of Oman.
As well as sitting on or chairing the selection panel for the SWLA annual exhibition over the last twenty years, Andrew has selected work for the National Print Exhibition ('Originals') on several occasions and is a judge for the DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards.
Andrew has lived in Dorset for the last twenty five years and works from his studio in the hamlet of Ryme Intrinseca, near Sherborne.
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