Andy Waite was born in the UK and studied graphic design at West Sussex College of Art and Design, graduating in 1977, LSIAD.

Though travelling occasionally to Scotland, Europe and North Africa, he has lived and worked in the West Sussex town of Arundel, surrounded by the South Downs for more than 40 years. He is represented by galleries across the UK and holds three open house exhibitions a year. His work is widely collected both nationally and internationally.

He has published three books of his paintings with accompanying poems and one book of his poems illustrated with black and white photographs.