Andrew Stock is a British

United Kingdom

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 artist who has been painting wildlife and landscapes since 1978. He was the President of the Society of Wildlife Artists

Society of Wildlife Artists

The Society of Wildlife Artists is a British organisation for artists who paint or draw wildlife, founded in 1964. Its founder President was Sir Peter Scott, the current President of the society is British artist Andrew Stock....

 from 2004 to 2009, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, until 1991 the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers is an art institution based in London, England. The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers was a society of etchers established in London in 1880 and given a Royal Charter in 1888...

. He is the brother of Jon Stock

Jon Stock

Jon Stock is a British author and journalist. He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, England. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three children. He has three brothers one of whom is Andrew Stock currently president of the Society of Wildlife...

, a British journalist and author.

Stock lives in Dorset

Dorset

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 and held his first solo show at the Malcolm Innes Gallery in London

London

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 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

Peter Scott

Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....

 the conservationist

Conservationist

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 and painter

Painting

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. He also draws his inspiration from his visits to his home in Dorset, the Outer Hebrides

Outer Hebrides

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, Sutherland

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, France

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 and Kaladungi

Kaladungi

Kaladungi or Kaladhungi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Nainital district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.The place is located just on the foothill, a good climate but summers are hot, located 26 km west of Haldwani on the Haldwani-Ramanagar road. Nainital is at distance of only...

, Corbett National Park, and Kumaun Himalaya  in India

India

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.

Stock paints in oils and watercolours and in 1990 he added etching

Printmaking

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 to his folio.
In 2008, he was selected by the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 to accompany HMS Endurance

HMS Endurance (A171)

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 to artistically record the wildlife and landscape of Antarctica. The resulting work was successfully exhibited in a one-man show at the Frost & Reed Gallery in St James's, London, in June 2009.