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Pip is one of Europe's leading wildlife artists with an international reputation for his oil paintings of big cats and African game. He has been the 'Artist In Residence' at Marwell Zoological Park in Hampshire, UK since January 1999 and is the founder and Chairman of the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS), the largest wildlife art society in Europe.
Pip has raised many thousands of pounds for conservation through his work as an artist. To date Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS) has raised over £140,000 for Marwell Zoological Park to aid their important work with endangered species. He has also supported the 'Art For Survival' auctions at Christies with over £6000 in donated sales. Pip has also raised funds for 'Save The Rhino', 'Save The Tiger', 'The Dambari Black Rhino Project' and raised funds for The Epulu Okapi Reserve in Zaire.
He has travelled extensively overseas, having previously lived both in Central America and the Far East. For eight years he has been organising and leading annual camping safaris for wildlife artists and photographers to the remote game reserves of Northern Botswana. Many of his original paintings have been sold at Christies and Sotheby's and over forty of his paintings have been reproduced by major UK fine art publishers.
In 2003, he was filmed at Marwell Zoological Park for an instructional oil painting video and DVD, which is on sale in the UK.
In 2004, he was the subject of a seven part series on Meridian Television in the UK, called 'A Brush With The Wild' which was presented by Anneka Rice. The hugely successful programme was a ratings hit and was filmed on location in Kenya and at Marwell Zoological Park. The series then featured Pip teaching various television personalities how to paint wildlife. He has also written a number of features for the BBC Wildlife magazine on how to paint wildlife. In May 2008, his painting 'Flight of the Zebra' sold for a record £29,300.00 at Christies in London
He is also a member of the UK Fine Art Trade Guild, an elected member of the prestigious 'Society of Animal Artists' in New York, USA, and is a member of the Advisory Panel for the UK Artists and illustrators magazine.
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