North Yorkshire based Pippa is an award winning member of the Society of Equestrian Artists and has been painting animals professionally since graduating with a honours degree in 1995. She lives in North Yorkshire and enjoys painting in all mediums but most frequently in oils.
Pippa breeds top level Show and Working Hunter horses and ponies under the Monivea Stud Prefix and is a judge on the CHAPS UK, BSPA and ROR panels. She was honoured to judge the Horse of the Year Show Coloured Finals in 2021. Being a show judge and having competed all her life, the Artist has a keen eye for detail and noticing the make and shape of each individual horse or pony she paints. She achieved a lifelong ambition to ride a winner at Horse of the Year Show on her homebred coloured stallion, ‘Monivea Black Magic’ in 2023 to add to Championships at RIHS and LIHS and enjoyed it even more when her 2 daughters Izzy and Indy followed up on him in 2024 and 2025.
The Artist has painted extensively, and both her Originals and Limited Editions continue to sell world wide. Famous names include Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National winners and many leading show horses, ponies, Eventers & Show Jumpers. The Olympic dressage stallion, ‘Dutch Gold’ was a memorable commission in the world of dressage for Jennie Loristan-Clarke. Four recent commissions include Supreme Show Horses of the year, ‘Hallmark’ and ‘Forgeland Hyde Park’ and Supreme Ponies of the Year, ‘Dewr Dream Boy’ and ‘Thistledown Van-der-Vaart.’
‘Capturing the spirit and a true likeness of the subject’ is always the main objective, and her reputation has been built on this ability. Wether in oils or watercolours, from the smallest Jack Russell to the Countries finest Equine Stars, Philippa pays each subject the same attention to detail and gives all her customers the guarantee of only paying for the finished painting if 100% delighted with the result.
Other highlights of Pippa’s artistic career to date include presenting HM the Queen in person with a painting of her two champion Highland ponies at Windsor Castle in 2004, a very special day which was made complete with a ride on Balmoral Jingle round the Castle grounds accompanied by Lizzie Briant on Balmoral Curlew. She was also thrilled that when auctioned, two of her racing originals realised impressive sums of money for charity, ‘Best Mate’ making £13,500 and ‘Sadler’s Wells’ £8,500.
The Artist has a waiting list and welcomes your commission enquiries on pippakirby@icloud.com or whatsapp (07711) 709876. For prices please visit the Price List page.
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