Andrew Galbraith

Andrew began drawing at an early age. His early drawings were shown in display cabinets in the reference section of Crosby library when he was ten, the best of which was an ambitious pencil drawing of Mantegnas crucifixion, the rest were drawings of the Muppets and dinosaurs. He is largely self taught and prefers it that way, after going to an art foundation course (Hugh Baird College, Liverpool) aged eighteen, he left six months into the course to go and work as an artist. At nineteen, his first exhibition during this period was at the Whitbread Gallery, Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. Unfortunately, while four of his paintings sold, five of his paintings were stolen and have since never been recovered. The gallery was subsequently closed down but has now reopened, and now Andrew's paintings sell there frequently. At twenty-one, he had the unusual idea to be a cartoonist for the radio. BBC Radio Merseyside was the obvious choice as it was his local radio station. He drew and wrote a comic book with his brother, Bernard (also an artist). Their first publication was so successful that it led to a second comic book, "The Adventures of Yorrik" which became the number one best seller (list compiled by Dillons) and was on sale throughout the North West of England in Dillons book shop, Waterstones, WHSmiths, and BBC Radio Merseyside. His first solo exhibition was in 1995 at the Hanover gallery, Liverpool. This was the first time he had shown his surreal paintings.

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