Mackenzie Thorpe

Mackenzie Thorpe is a world renowned artist who was born and bred in the industrial town of Middleborough in the 1950s. During his early days his family had gone through many financial difficulties which had been common to all as a community as his father had been employed as a laborer and his mother an auxiliary nurse. However, to this day he treasures a feeling of warmth they shared as a community during those difficult times which later had become a great inspiration for his work.
He had shown the need to express himself through drawings and scribbling from an early age and had improvised whatever the materials he got his hands on to drawing supplies that included cigarette packs, stubs of pencils and even eye shadow and lipstick sneaked out from his mother’s make up bag.  He suffered from dyslexia as a child and painting and drawing has been of great emotional support when growing up. As a result he had to leave school without proper educational qualifications and led to taking up a range of unskilled jobs while continuing to draw as a past time.
His poor educational background was defeated by his undying commitment and enthusiasm when he was finally accepted by the Middleborough College of Art and, subsequently, the Bam Shaw School of Art in London. Having finished his education he worked in London for several years and later moved to North Yorkshire to set up his own studio and gallery with his wife, Susan, and children, Owen and Chloe. His unique style of art had ensured him a successful career ever since and his emotionally rich creations have touched the hearts of many collectors all over the world.
“My ambition is to unite the world through the eyes of these children and let today’s cultures understand that in order to sustain our societies, we must protect and nurture our children, and also protect and nurture the child within us all.  It is our responsibility to love these children, to let them bring love back to the world, and to keep our eyes open to the wonderment of childhood.”
– Mackenzie Thorpe