Catherine Ingleby Animal Paintings

Catherine Ingleby is a renowned sporting and equestrian artist, recognized for a bold and fluid style, which captures the dynamic movement of her subjects. Her work combines the traditional elements of realism with modern usage of vivid color and abstract backgrounds. Ingleby’s paintings principally revolve around the depiction of speed and power, whether it is the fragile grace of a racing thoroughbred or the raw might of a charging bull. Brought up in Aberdeen on a farm in the Scottish Highlands, Ingleby had an unconventional childhood, large chunks of it spent on a boat with her family completing trans-global voyages. She always wanted to be an artist and studied both in Paris and Italy, training initially in a very traditional classical atelier. Ingleby believes this gave her the basis of draughtsmanship on which to develop her now distinctive style. She does both gallery work, represented by galleries in the UK and in the US, and private commissions. Ingleby lives near Henley on the Thames.