Andy Brown (artist)

Andy Brown is a painter who specializes in baseball art.

He is from Great Britain and while he was drawing pictures from the youngest age, his love of baseball only came much later, when he was already a working artist and teaching in South Korea. He became aware of the local love for the game of baseball and began painting scenes, with his work quickly gaining a lot of popularity. He specializes in paintings depicting ballparks and the energy of the crowd attending a game, although he also depicts other scenes around the game.

He was hired by the Great Britain national baseball team to be their artist-in-residence, capturing views of the games but also of goings-on behind the scenes. This is a very official position as he was assigned a uniform with a number and is included in official team pictures. His appointment came as the team made a Cinderella run to the 2023 World Baseball Classic, immensely elevating the profile of the sport in the U.K. in the process. In addition to traveling the world accompanying the team, has also been to the Dominican Republic on an artistic residence, and attended the 2023 SABR annual convention in Chicago, IL, painting both scenes of the proceedings, but also of the game which participants attended at Guaranteed Rate Field. He attended the 2024 London Series and was briefly seen with his easel, working on a painting of the game, during the televised game coverage, although the announcers did not seem to be aware of who he was.

As an artist, he is inspired by 19th Century impressionist painters such as Vincent Van Gogh and Auguste Renoir.

Further Reading

• Michael Clair: "Great Britain baseball artist Andy Brown has seen the baseball world with paintbrush in hand", mlb.com, September 28, 2023. [1]