Before going full time as an artist Andrew had a 25 year career in film and television as an award winning writer, producer and director. As an artist he trained at the Grand Central Atelier and the New York Academy of Art where he studied under Colleen Barry, Michael Grimaldi, Steven Assael and Vincent Desiderio. Andrew is a polymath who has lived in seven countries over the last thirty years, speaks multiple languages and tries to bring this diversity of experience and love of story into his paintings. As of 2020 he now resides in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife and two sons.