Andy Eccleshall- This Too Shall Pass

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.