Andy Eccleshall
For over 40 years, Andy Eccleshall continues to be inspired by drama in nature and contrasts in light and form to create his engaging oil paintings.
Growing up in the UK, the poetic nature of his painting shows how firmly rooted he is in the English tradition of landscape painting, a reverence for nature that emerged in the 18th Century. When viewing an Eccleshall painting, one can recall the Romantic landscape style emulated by William Turner, who created expressionistic studies of light, color, and atmosphere and Thomas Gainsborough who innovated painting out-of-doors directly from nature, known now as plein air painting.
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Inspired by his Pacific Northwest home in Washington State, Eccleshall paints plein air studies and takes his own source photographs to use as references. He observes the atmosphere and other details of the subject matter while he is on site. From there, he is able to paint a new illusion of the original scene. Eccleshall’s dramatic cloud forms, utterly still twilight depictions and his use of almost completely monochromatic color palettes portray specific lighting and a poetic mood. A small light glowing in an upper window of an otherwise dark country home, the stars in the sky above an abandoned barn or his cumulus clouds rolling up into the sky are almost as if a visual scene has leapt from the pages of a classic novel.
“I have been engaged with art seemingly my whole life in one form or another. Running throughout my work has been my fascination with, and joy of painting landscape and atmosphere, predominantly in oil. I grew up in the UK where atmosphere (or weather) was always the topic of conversation. Now living in the Pacific Northwest, I find myself surrounded by constant inspiration. Although my paintings comprise intense details, I’m much more interested in the atmosphere and the air as the subject than I am about accurately rendering.”
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Artist Website: https://www.andyeccleshall.com/
Andy Eccleshall
B. 1967
Biography
Andy Eccleshall lives in Edmonds, WA, USA. Born in the Midland town of Stafford, England, he began his artistic career at the age of 16 specializing in architectural illustration and landscape painting. Stafford is an ancient town nestled in the lowlands of the North Midlands and surrounded by farmland and moorland. Mist covered pastures in the fall, dramatic scenery of the Pennine Hills and a pastoral rolling landscape with features centuries old were constant sources of inspiration for the artist.
After several years as a fine artist and illustrator, he returned to education in 1992 at the Exeter Faculty of Arts and Design in southern England. Inn 1994, he moved to the United States and travelled extensively during the first few years. He was dazzled by the enormous contrasts in the landscapes across the country -- the beauty of the changing seasons against the never ending and ever changing landscape. His European roots combined with his love of the Pacific West Coast landscape, as been his inspiration for his work.
Andy Eccleshal
Residence: Edmonds, WA, USA
Born: 1967, Stafford, England
Selected Awards, Solo and Group Exhibitions
2025 Solo Show: “Upper Left: Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest” at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
2025 Joint Show at Cole Gallery with Mark Boyle
2025 Solo Show: “Into the Light” at SAM Gallery in Seattle, WA
2025 Featured artist for 40th Anniversary of Arts Alive in L a Conner, WA
2025 “Into the Light” First Place Winner in Art and Color 365 Magazine Landscape Competition
2025 “Into the Light” Finalist in the ARC International Landscape competition
2025 Testament First Place winner in Art and Color 365 Magazine Landscape Competition
2024 Chesaw Sunset featured in American Art Collector with NOAPS Best of America Show
2024 Bayview Sunrise Finalist in International Artist Magazine Rivers and Lakes Competition
2024 Lilies, Awarded Honorable Mention and he Pam Mummy Comet Award at the Edmonds Arts Festival
2024 I AM COW, Special Merit Award Art and Color 365 Magazine
2024 ICON, Accepted into online shows with NOAPS an AAPL
2024 Solo Exhibition: “Luminosity” at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2024 Group Exhibition: Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2024 Group Show at Matzke Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2023 Chesaw Winter Selected for inclusion in the NOAPS Spring Online International Exhibition
2023 The Valley awarded 2nd place in the Oil Painters of America Online Spring Showcase
2023 “Dog Day” Honorable mention at Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery
2023 “Blue Serenity” 2nd place winner in the International Artist Magazine completion “Rivers and Seascapes”
2023 “Quiet Fortitude” Merit award in NOAPS Best of America show
2023 “Above it all” 2nd place in Art and Color 365 Magazine Landscape competition
2023 “Fresh Fall” Best of show Life in the West Gallery juried show
2023 Solo show April, “The Valley” at Smith and Vallee Gallery Edison WA
2023 One of 4 artists exhibiting at Matzke Gallery and Sculpture Park “Summer Moments” show, July
2023 Art exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair with Smith and Vallee Gallery
2023 Solo Show at Cole Gallery “Aqueous” August
2022 Honorable Mention for “An Edmonds Kind of Sunset” Edmonds Arts Festival
2022 Best of Show awarded to Chiwaukum Pine at the PSGNWA Annual Exhibition
2022 Solo show “Elemental” at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA July 1st-31st
2022 Best of Show award for Chiwaukum Pine, Puget Sound Group of NW Artists, Annual Exhibition
2022 Solo show “On Reflection” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA November 17th – December 14th
2021 Participant in “Vast” show at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA
2021 Featured Show “Field of Vision” Cole Gallery, Edmonds December 1st -31st
2020 Third place winner in International Artist Magazine Landscape competition for “Sombrio Beach”
2020 Featured Show “Head in the Clouds” Cole Gallery, Edmonds December 1st-31st
2019 Feature Show “Beached” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2019 Work exhibited at Galerie Autrevue — Heerenveen, Netherlands
2019 Work exhibited at Smith & Vallee Gallery — Edison, WA
2019 “Sombrio Mist” awarded the Peggy Peterson Memorial Award at the Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery
2019 “Rathtrevor” awarded “Best of Show” Associated Arts of Ocean Shores
2019 “Beached” awarded “1st Place Fine Art” Associated Arts of Ocean Shores
2019 Three paintings selected for Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried exhibit — Edmonds, WA
2018 Feature Show “Relatively small works” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2018 Feature article of Montlake Bridge mural in Seattle Times
2017 Solo show “Breathe” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2017 Work exhibited at Concetta D Gallery — Albuquerque, NM
2017 Invitational group show “Cole Gallery’s 10th Annual Anniversary Show — Edmonds, WA
2017 Pacific Regent Invitational Show — Bellevue, WA
2016 Work exhibited by Dick Idol Signature Gallery — Whitefish, MT
2016 Featured work in American Art Collector magazine — “Nightfall on Fir”
2016 Group show “Nocturnal” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2016 Invitational group show “Cole Gallery’s 9th Annual Anniversary Show” — Edmonds, WA
2016 Three paintings accepted into the Edmonds Arts Festival, juried exhibit with honorable mention.
2016 Featured painting in The Everett Herald
2015 Feature article in Southwest Art Magazine — August
2015 Solo show “Afterglow” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2015 Feature article in The Edmonds Beacon
2014 Work exhibited by Painter’s Chair Fine Art Gallery — Coeur d’Alene, ID
2014 Feature article in American Art Collector Magazine — July
2014 Major sale of four paintings to Swedish Hospital Edmonds permanent collection
2014 Invited participant in 2014 Salon Seattle, International conference of decorative painters.
2014 Solo show “Ambience-The Character of Place” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2013 Three paintings selected for Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried exhibit. Awarded People’s Choice Award
2013 Solo feature show “Atmospheres” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2013 Feature article in The Seattle Times for Echo Lake Mural, Shoreline WA
2013 Feature article in The Seattle Times for H2O Condominium mural project, Queen Anne, Seattle WA
2013 Public art commission, Echo Lake Mural, Shoreline WA
2013 Mural “Changing Times” painted for Edmonds Mural Society
2012 Solo show “Painted Power” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2011 Feature article in Pratique des Arts, art magazine
2011 Mural “The Brothers” produced off Main St., downtown Edmonds for Edmonds Mural Society
2011 Re-appointed to the Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission
2010 Feature article in American Art Collector Magazine — November
2010 Solo show at Sinclair Estate Vineyards —Walla Walla, WA
2010 Two paintings selected by the Snohomish County Arts Commission for their permanent collection.
2010 Solo show “Heavy Light” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2010 Two paintings selected for the Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Exhibit.
2010 Mural painted in downtown Edmonds for the Edmonds Mural Society. “Edmonds Mills 1893”
2010 Feature article in The Everett Herald
2009 Work exhibited by Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA
2009 Two paintings selected for the Edmonds Art Festival, Juried Exhibit
2008 Solo show “Beneath the Surface” at Marni Muir Gallery — Seattle, WA
2008 Elected Chairman of the Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission
2008 Included in Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Exhibition
2007 Honorable mention in the 2007 Edmonds Art Festival, juried exhibition
2007 Feature article in Angie’s List Magazine
2007 Feature article in The Seattle Times on home portraits
2007 Elected to a position on The Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission
2006 Mural featured in Seattle Street of Dreams
2005 Group show at Marnie Muir Gallery — Seattle, WA
2005 Mural featured in HGTV’s Designers Challenge
2005 Mural featured in Seattle Street of Dreams
2004 Work featured in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles magazine
2002 Feature article in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles magazine
Professional Experience: Exhibitions
2025 “Upper Left: Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest” solo show at San Juan Islands Museum of Art March-June
2024 Solo Show at SAM Gallery (Seattle Art Museum) “Luminosity” March
2024 Show at Smith and Vallee Gallery in Edison WA June
2024 Show at Matzke Gallery, Camano Island WA July
2024 Show at Cole Gallery, “Tis the Season” December
2023 Solo show April, “The Valley” at Smith and Vallee Gallery Edison WA
2023 One of 4 artists exhibiting at Matzke Gallery and Sculpture Park “Summer Moments” show, July
2023 Art exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair with Smith and Vallee Gallery
2023 Solo Show at Cole Gallery “Aqueous” August
2022 Solo show “Elemental” at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA July 1st-31st
2022 Best of Show award for Chiwaukum Pine, Puget Sound Group of NW Artists, Annual Exhibition
2022 Solo show “On Reflection” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA November 17th – December 14th
2021 Participant in “Vast” show at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA
2021 Featured Show “Field of Vision” Cole Gallery, Edmonds December 1st -31st
2020 Featured Show “Head in the Clouds” Cole Gallery, Edmonds December 1st-31st
2019 Feature Show “Beached” Cole Gallery, Edmonds October 12th – November 12th
2018 Feature Show “Relatively small works” Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA September 15th-October 15th
2017 Feature show “Breathe” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA. February 15th-March 15th
2015 Feature show “Afterglow” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA. September 17th-October 15th
2014 Featured show at Cole Gallery “Ambience-The Character of Place” Edmonds WA
2013 Feature show “Atmospheres” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA.
2012 Feature Show at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA.
2010 Solo art show at Sinclair Estate Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA
2010 Feature Show “Heavy Light” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA.
2009 Work exhibited by Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA
2008 Solo show at Marni Muir Gallery, Seattle. Entitled “Beneath the Surface”.
1983-1988 Work included in group shows of The Stafford Art Group, Stafford Library, Stafford UK
Bibliography
2025 “Into the Light” and “Upper Left: Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest” featured in American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, Realism Today, Seattle Magazine.
2024 “Icon” featured in International Artists Magazine 2024 “Bayview Sunrise” featured in International Artists Magazine (December)
2023 “The Valley” Featured in the OPA showcase section of American Art Collector
2023 “Blue Serenity” featured as 2nd place winner in International Artists Magazine Rivers and Seascapes (February)
2021 Article in International Artist Magazine. (April)
2020 Article in American Art Collector (March)
2020 Feature article in Edmonds Beacon for “Before Edmonds” largescale mural project
2020 Article in International Artists Magazine in conjunction with 3rd place win. (December)
2018 Feature article of Montlake Bridge mural in Seattle Times
2017 Mural featured in Pacific Northwest magazine
2017 Feature article in Edmonds Beacon
2016 Feature article in Everett Herald Newspaper
2016 Article in American Art Collector (July)
2015 Featured in Pacific Northwest Magazine.
2015 Feature article in August edition of Southwest Art Magazine
2015 Feature article in September edition of American Art Collector Magazine
2014 Featured article in American art Collector Magazine. (August)
2013 Featured article in Seattle Times for Echo Lake Mural, Shoreline WA
2011 “Pratique des Arts”, art magazine
2011 Seattle Times for H2O Condominium mural project, Queen Anne, Seattle WA
2010 Everett Herald
2007 Angie’s List Magazine.
2005 HGTV’s Designers Challenge
2002 Seattle Homes and Lifestyles. 2004 Seattle Homes and Lifestyles.
Professional Affiliations
Member of the Puget Sound Group of professional artists.
Member of Plein Air Washington Artists (PAWA)
Committee member of the Edmonds Art Studio Tour
Member of OPA
Member NOAPS
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