Born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Andrew moved to Ottawa in 1991 to study Industrial Design at Carleton University. ​ Andrew began working in television with a number of local animation studios and continued his freelance design and animation work with studios in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. Currently Andrew resides in Ottawa, Ontario, where he continues to work as a visual artist and freelance designer. Andrew also contributed a regular newspaper column to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper that uncovers local history mysteries and continues his research into obscure hidden history through His website "Ottawa Rewind" which is now a best selling book in current publication and available at all Chapters/Indigo stores.