Andrew Jenkin is a self-taught artist, originally from Yorkshire now living in North Wales, who has been shortlisted for Artist of the Year by Artist and Illustrators magazine and whose work has been featured in Welsh Border Life magazine. He appeared on BBC1's The Apprentice, teaching the contestants how to lead a watercolour workshop in the mountains of Snowdonia. He works in watercolour and mixed media, painting figurative and semi-abstract subjects, in particular landscapes, historical and folklore illustrations. As an illustrator he has designed images for books, CD covers, retail displays, museum exhibits, tourist information panels and furniture upholstery. He wrote and illustrated The Curse of the Lambton Worm, a book about the folklore of dragons in the North-East of England, and has also illustrated two books about Honley, the West Yorkshire village where he grew up, as well as Tapestry, a children’s fairytale written by Richard King and published by Silverhill. Andrew teaches painting classes in North Wales and North-West England, and demonstrates watercolours to art societies throughout the UK. He was Head Tutor at North Light Gallery Art School in Huddersfield until moving to Wales in 2010.
His paintings have been exhibited in the Royal Cambrian Academy (Conwy), Grosvenor Exhibition (Chester), Patchings Festival and Holmfirth Artweek. He has held solo exhibitions in Caernarfon, Colwyn Bay, Anglesey, Brighouse, Bishops Castle and across the North-East of England.