Equestrian Artist Judi Kent Pyrah
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Original Paintings of the British Royals

Judi is a staunch royalist and her original paintings of the Royals over the years prove this point without a doubt.

Royal Portrait Paintings

Judi is a renowned equestrian artist but she is also a well known fportrait artist particularly of Royals. Having painted quite a few famous people in the past Judi loves to paint portraits of the Royal family. Some of which can be seen in stately homes and mansions across the country. 

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

Original Painting of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Prince of Edinburgh
Original Painting of HRH - For Sale - Framed 25" x 28" £2,800 ono

Royal Portrait Gallery

About Judi and her royal portraits

I found out I could do a decent portrait doing caricatures of our teachers at Grammar School. I did several portraits in pencil in art classes as a six former doing A level History of Art. There I studied the Renaissance and Pre Raphaelites art periods and I revelled in their richness of lighting and drama.

As an 18 year old I did several local art exhibitions and offered 20 minute portraits to make pocket money and to cover my materials and expenses and through this I gained many more portrait commissions. 

I was fortunate to get plenty of articles and features in magazines and did portrait paintings for magazine covers such as Woman's Own (see Princess Diana's image above).
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I was approached to paint the late Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh Castle, this painting still to this day hangs in the main hall of Castle Howard, North Yorkshire and the film location of Bridgerton and many other period dramas.
Painting of Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh by Judi Kent Pyrah

Original Painting of Lady Diana and Prince Charles

Arab Horse Artist North Yorkshire
Princess Di and Prince Charles and his thoroughbred

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This is the original painting I did of Lady Diana and Prince Charles and his Polo Pony that was stolen at a charity auction in London. Back then I was going by my married name of Judi Mendelsohn.


Local Artist's Royal Success

Local artist's royal success Judi MendelsohnLocal artist's royal success painting of lady Diana, Prince Charles and his polo pony - click on image to read.
​Local artist's Royal success
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer have inspired an ex-Harrogate artist to brush up her talents — with remarkable Success.
For Royal photogrpher Serge Lemoine, was so impressed with a painting of Lady Diana By Judi Mendelsohn in a London exhibition. that he encouraged her to do another one of the Royal couple which has since been photographed for us by Fleet Street.  Judi's mother Mrs Mary Pyrah who lives in Hollins Road, Harrogate. said: "When Mr. Lemoine rang with the news or the engagement the canvas was still wet. Judi took it up to London and he was very impressed
He said it was the best likeness he had seen of prince Charles in a painting and too three reels
or film of it to release to Fleet Street
The picture appeared in the Daily Mirror on Monday and that the beginning for Judi's phone has not stopped ringing with offers from the Paris Match, Der Spiegel and to name but few of the newspapers that have been in touch with her.
Jud 31, who now runs a pub in Hastings with her husband Stephen was brought up in Harrogate and attended Harrogate Grammar School. When she lived in Harrogate she staged exhibitions at the Lounge Hall and did skethches while you wait the Valley Gardnes. But Mrs Pyrah, who also paints. said that Judi. a staunch Royalist, had no formal art training Appropriately enough for an aspiring Royal artist she is mad about horses, loves painting them and hunts regularly. She told a staff reporter that she would love to do more Royal pictures, and that it was her ambition to do a memorial picture or Allibar, the Prince of Wales' horse that died last month

Judi's Brush with Fame

Women's weekly front cover 1981Judi's painting of what potentially Lady Diana would wear on her wedding day makes the front cover of Women's Weekly - click on image to enlarge
I look back and see again so many pictures of my past work on the internet, did I paint that? – and I remember every brush stroke and feel quite satisfied with what I have managed to achieve! Plus three wonderful, talented children, 9 grandchildren and two great grandsons despite all the other stuff that interferes with one's life.

​MORE ABOUT JUDI KENT PYRAH AKA JUDI MENDELSON
Internationally acclaimed equestrian artist, Judi Kent Pyrah's natural artistic talent was nurtured since childhood.
At 17 she began painting portraits ,dogs and horses for a living and cherished a dream of a life painting and working with horses. 
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Judi's work has been exhibited and published in Canada and America for many years and more recently in the UK, with over fifty published works featuring mostly equestrian and canine subjects.
 
She has traveled extensively, providing her with in depth knowledge and experience in all aspects of equestrianism and wildlife which proves to be an endless source of inspiration for her art.

Woman's Weekly 25th July 1981 Front Cover by Judi

Judi Kent Pyrah aka Judi Mendelsohn Front over of Woman's Own 25th July 1981
To Celebrate the Royal Wedding - Woman's Weekly 25th July 1981

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