'Artist In Residence' at Marwell for 20 years – a world record?



Pip with Nerys Hughes and Anneka Rice filming at Marwell

This January, Pip has been the official ‘Artist in Residence’ at Marwell Zoological Park in Hampshire for over twenty years! In this role, he founded and ran the famous ‘Marwell International Wildlife Art Society’, for sixteen years, during which time it became Europe’s largest wildlife art society, with over three hundred members and many successful exhibitions and fund raising events. In 2004, Pip starred in the highly successful seven-part Meridian Television series ‘A Brush With The Wild’. It was presented by Anneka Rice and featured Pip teaching celebrities Nerys Hughes, Christie Hamilton, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Helen Lederer and Jenny Éclair how to paint – it was filmed on location at Marwell and in Kenya. In 2016, Marwell purpose-built a gallery in their retail outlet to house Pip’s wildlife paintings, which are on sale to park visitors. Pip can be contacted on pip@pipmcgarry.com or by telephone 01264 359291.

Watch Marwell's short film on Instagram