Mackenzie Thorpe was born in the north of England (1956), the largest of seven children. He managed to overcome dyslexia to become the world rewnowned artist it is today, He attended Byam Shaw Art College London. After 12 years living there became disenchanted and moved to Northern England. His style, while the influence of Van Gogh and Rothko only thing left ...
"Seeing the picture in the Tate, for the first time, everything changed my way of thinking. Since then I ate and drank modern art. Rothko, in particular, is one of my real heroes. I realized how important it is to me ' Mackenzie Thorpe ', in my painting. "
Her work has been sold out six exhibitions in recent years. It had the largest shows ever held a man in northern England in the castle of Allerton, 1995. He was selected as the official artist of the 1996 Artexpo LA and was commissioned by the Elton John Aids Foundation to make holiday cards for 1996. Makenzie now resides in Richmond, North Yorkshire, with his wife Susan and their children Owen and Chloe.
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