Andrew Hutchinson was born in Guisborough, North Yorkshire in 1961. On leaving school, he completed an apprenticeship in joinery. Then an opportunity arose for him to persue his artistic interests, completing a three-year Diploma course in graphics and illustration.

During a two-year period working as an archaeological illustrator, he met his wife, Louise, and in 1991 they decided to head for the Highlands of Scotland where he had always found inspiration in the dramatic and unspoilt beauty of the Cairngorms.

After a decade in Scotland, they and their young daughter, Amy, have returned to his home county to a country home where otters, badgers, foxes and a variety of wildlife are virtually on the doorstep.

His success has been established by exhibiting among the worlds top wildlife artists in exhibitions in America since 1994. He also stages a one-man show every year in his beloved Yorkshire.

He has undertaken many commissions, including work for Land Rover, Barclay Bank, New York Botanical Gardens and the Automobile Association, and publishes his own prints under the name of Waxwing Fine Arts. He can count The Duke of Edinburgh among his customers