Andrew has recently (September 2009) stepped down as President of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) having served a term of five years. The first President of the SWLA (in 1964), Sir Peter Scott, the great conservationist and artist, encouraged Andrew in his early painting career.
Andrew is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and has a growing reputation for the uncompromising skill and detail in his etchings.