Born in
Porlock, Somerset, England, in 1947, Andy Wood spent his formative years in
Surrey.
From 1965
to 1967 he studied Fine Art at Croydon College of Art then from 1967 to 1970 he
continued his studies at Newport College of Art gaining a degree in Painting
and Film in 1970.
In 1977,
having gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Education at Maria Grey College of
Further Education, he moved to Dorset and concentrated on painting full-time.
During his time in the West Country he ran a successful art gallery in Lyme
Regis. Since 2002 he has lived and worked in East Sussex.
Andy Wood
has shown his work in exhibitions in England, France, Belgium, Switzerland,
Canada and the United States of America.
He is the president of the Royal
Institute of Painters in Water Colours, one of the oldest watercolour societies
in the world. He is also a member of the highly respected Royal Society of
British Artists.
As a member of both the RI and the RBA he regularly exhibits
in their annual shows at the Mall Galleries, London.
He also shows his
paintings in various galleries in the UK and abroad. Several publications have
featured his paintings including, most recently, 'Artists and Illustrators',
'Leisure Painter', 'Pratique des Arts' and 'Watercolor Artist'. Andy Wood's
paintings are in numerous public and private collections including those of:
The North Carolina Museum of History, Duke University, The Sun Trust Bank, The
Chelsea Arts Club, Lyme Regis Museum and HM The Sultan of Oman.
Fishing, watercolour , 10 x 14 inches
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