Andrew Stock

Who is Andrew Stock?

Andrew Stock is a British artist who lives in Dorset. He has been painting wildlife and landscapes since 1978. He is the brother of Jon Stock, a British journalist and author. He has been a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists since 1983, was Honorary Secretary from 1995 to 2004 and President from 2004 to 2009. He is now an Honorary Vice-president of the society and continues to exhibit with them at the annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries. Stock served as a Governor at the Federation of British Artists from 1997 to 2003. In 2005 Stock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.

Stock held the first of four solo shows at the Malcolm Innes Gallery in London in 1981, followed by shows at the Mall Galleries in London and also abroad. While at school he was encouraged and inspired by Sir Peter Scott the conservationist and painter. He draws his inspiration from the countryside around his home in Dorset, as well as visits to the Outer Hebrides, Sutherland, France and Kaladungi, Corbett National Park, and Kumaun Himalaya in India.

Stock paints in oils and watercolours and in 1990 he added etching to his folio.