ANDY WOOD 1947 - 2016


RI President 2014 - 2016

Born in Porlock, Somerset, England, in 1947, Andy Wood spent his formative years living in Surrey.

From 1965 - 1967 he studied Fine Art at Croydon College of Art then from 1967 - 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. From 2002 he has lived and worked in East Sussex until November 2016 where he sadly passed away after a short battle with cancer.

Andy Wood was an internationally renowned artist and exhibited in the England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and the United States of America.

At the time of his passing he was the president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour (RI) which is one of the oldest watercolour societies in the world. He was also a member of the highly respected Royal Society of British Artists (RBA).

His paintings were shown in various galleries throughout the UK and abroad. Several publications have featured his paintings including; ‘Artists and Illustrators', 'Leisure Painter', 'Pratique des Arts' and 'Watercolor Artist'.

Andy Wood's paintings feature in numerous public and private collections some examples of these are as follows; 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.









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