PROMOTION Meet Mackenzie Thorpe at Hepplestone Fine Art If you are looking for inspirational paintings and sculpture with warmth and nostalgia, then why not spend the evening with BBC featured British artist, Mackenzie Thorpe at Hepplestone Fine Art, Chorley on Thursday, July 4th 2019, 7-9pm? t's 1956 in the post-war industrial town of Celebrating 30 years as the artistic voice of a generation, Mackenzie Thorpe is one of Britain's biggest selling artists. He has achieved global success in galleries throughout the UK, America, Japan and Australia while celebrity collectors Middlesbrough, and Mackenzie Thorpe is the first born of seven children into a working class family destined for a career in the shipyards. Struggling through school with dyslexia, regularly misunderstood and reminded that he would never get a job because all include IK Rowling, Tom Hardy and Queen Elizabeth I His work remains roosed in authenticity, embodied in emotional expression and always carries a message he could do was 'draw, Mackenzie left school without any qualifications and began his career working with his dad of hope. Mackenzie's journey has taken him from the on the docks shipyards of Middlesbrough to internationally acclaimed Detemined and passionate, his first love of drawing and painting beckoned and by 1977, encouraged by a friend, artist, and his working-class roots in the north of England inspire his atmospheric and poignant pictures. This year Mackenzie was selected as the official artist to the Tour de Yorkshire and produced four stunning new pleces to celebrate this prestigious event. Limitedd edition prints from the Tour de Yorkshire will be available at the Mackenzie took the brave decision to leave the shipyards and apply to study at Cleveland Colege of Art and Design Two years later, with an obvious talent, Mackenzie left his beloved North East and continued his studies at the Byam Shaw College of Art in London, graduating in 1982 event, together with Mackenzie's original artwork and a range of his latest edition prints and sculpsures. For an invitation to meet Mackenzie in person between with a Fine Arts degree. He remained in the capital to ald disadvantaged children until 1989 then returned with his family to the North East motivated by a desire so peovide a better environment for his children to grow up in. In 2000 Thorpe was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Teesside University, and in 2005 launched the Mackenzie Thorpe Foundation to suppoet good causes Mackenzie regularly visits schools, inspiring children to follow their dreams by reiterating his own childhood experiences and achievements. Love and hope are key symbols in Mackenzie's art, whether they are depicted in the nostalgic pride of his industrial heritage or dream-like skyscapes and. landscapes. His works are associated with a principle "Art from the Heart' combining tenderness with ferverncy through his abstract depictions of animals and children His work is wide ranging from the accessible square shed and duffle coat boys to more challenging work focusing on isolation and man's struggle. As you would expect, most of his work depicts his childhood growing up in Middlesbrough 7-9pm on July 4th 2019, call the galery on 01257 451121 or email sales@hepplestonefineart.com Helping Dad ign signed imited edton print Waiting for Me Dad A teaturesa Thorpe's bronze sculpture at the Transporter Bridge standing on the Middlesborough side of the river dedicated to the working men of Middlesborough and represents the children excitedy waiting for Dad to come home after a hard day's work Heskin Shopping Village, Wood Lane, Heskin, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5PA hepplestone 01257 451121 www.hepplestonetfineart.com Open 7 days with Ample Free Parking FINE ART LTD PROMOTION Meet Mackenzie Thorpe at Hepplestone Fine Art If you are looking for inspirational paintings and sculpture with warmth and nostalgia, then why not spend the evening with BBC featured British artist, Mackenzie Thorpe at Hepplestone Fine Art, Chorley on Thursday, July 4th 2019, 7-9pm? t's 1956 in the post-war industrial town of Celebrating 30 years as the artistic voice of a generation, Mackenzie Thorpe is one of Britain's biggest selling artists. He has achieved global success in galleries throughout the UK, America, Japan and Australia while celebrity collectors Middlesbrough, and Mackenzie Thorpe is the first born of seven children into a working class family destined for a career in the shipyards. Struggling through school with dyslexia, regularly misunderstood and reminded that he would never get a job because all include IK Rowling, Tom Hardy and Queen Elizabeth I His work remains roosed in authenticity, embodied in emotional expression and always carries a message he could do was 'draw, Mackenzie left school without any qualifications and began his career working with his dad of hope. Mackenzie's journey has taken him from the on the docks shipyards of Middlesbrough to internationally acclaimed Detemined and passionate, his first love of drawing and painting beckoned and by 1977, encouraged by a friend, artist, and his working-class roots in the north of England inspire his atmospheric and poignant pictures. This year Mackenzie was selected as the official artist to the Tour de Yorkshire and produced four stunning new pleces to celebrate this prestigious event. Limitedd edition prints from the Tour de Yorkshire will be available at the Mackenzie took the brave decision to leave the shipyards and apply to study at Cleveland Colege of Art and Design Two years later, with an obvious talent, Mackenzie left his beloved North East and continued his studies at the Byam Shaw College of Art in London, graduating in 1982 event, together with Mackenzie's original artwork and a range of his latest edition prints and sculpsures. For an invitation to meet Mackenzie in person between with a Fine Arts degree. He remained in the capital to ald disadvantaged children until 1989 then returned with his family to the North East motivated by a desire so peovide a better environment for his children to grow up in. In 2000 Thorpe was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Teesside University, and in 2005 launched the Mackenzie Thorpe Foundation to suppoet good causes Mackenzie regularly visits schools, inspiring children to follow their dreams by reiterating his own childhood experiences and achievements. Love and hope are key symbols in Mackenzie's art, whether they are depicted in the nostalgic pride of his industrial heritage or dream-like skyscapes and. landscapes. His works are associated with a principle "Art from the Heart' combining tenderness with ferverncy through his abstract depictions of animals and children His work is wide ranging from the accessible square shed and duffle coat boys to more challenging work focusing on isolation and man's struggle. As you would expect, most of his work depicts his childhood growing up in Middlesbrough 7-9pm on July 4th 2019, call the galery on 01257 451121 or email sales@hepplestonefineart.com Helping Dad ign signed imited edton print Waiting for Me Dad A teaturesa Thorpe's bronze sculpture at the Transporter Bridge standing on the Middlesborough side of the river dedicated to the working men of Middlesborough and represents the children excitedy waiting for Dad to come home after a hard day's work Heskin Shopping Village, Wood Lane, Heskin, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5PA hepplestone 01257 451121 www.hepplestonetfineart.com Open 7 days with Ample Free Parking FINE ART LTD