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Mackenzie Thorpe: Middlesbrough The Heart of the North, 8th April 2015
"They are not going to call us the heart of the north. We know we are. And I think we have been keeping it secret for too long so you know what I am going to burst the bubble and shout aloud and a lot."
"I thought if I had more time I would do the entire station, our station."
"Middlesbrough never fails to inspire me and I don’t think I will ever stop drawing it."
Up the Boro: Promotion push provides inspiration for new Mackenzie Thorpe artwork, 13th March 2015
"Middlesbrough never fails to inspire me; I don't think I will ever stop drawing it"
Mackenzie Thorpe finds new platform for work at Middlesbrough Railway Station, 28th January 2015
"It is a real honour and even more so because it is Middlesbrough Station, the place I have started and finished so many memorable journeys"
Middlesbrough artist supports BHF campaign, 26th January 2015
The Middlesbrough-born and world-renowned artist has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation’s ‘Wear It, Beat It’ campaign to highlight the killer disease.
Artist Mackenzie Thorpe meets fans of all ages during book signing, 1st December 2014
"To see a huge queue wait is just humbling"
Mackenzie Thorpe's Remembrance artwork raises £13,000 for Help For Heroes, 29th November 2014
"It was an honour to be asked to be involved and I'm very happy that it raised valuable funds for such a fantastic charity."
Mr Picture Perfect, 6th November 2014
"Picasso said when you've made the blueberry cupcake and sold them all, don't make any more. Make another kind of cake. So that's what I try to do."
Famous artist Mackenzie Thorpe comes 'Out of the Shadows' with new book, 5th November 2014
"I love the Dorman Museum, it is everything a museum should be and it really seems like the perfect place in Middlesbrough to go to sign copies of my new book, which contains so many Middlesbrough inspired images and memories"
Echo draws on renowned artist Mackenzie Thorpe's genius for unique Remembrance edition, 28th October 2014
"I am thrilled that my work will be used to support Help For Heroes, a charity which is close to my heart"
Artist Mackenzie Thorpe donates highly collectable items to Teesside Charity, 2nd October 2014
“Middlesbrough is my home town and my early life there has shaped who I am today."
British sculpture lights up Australian Children's Centre, September 2014
"A sculpture by renowned British artist Mackenzie Thorpe will take pride of place in an innovative new Australian children’s facility."
Japan Today - International Artist Mackenzie Thorpe uses art as therapy for Japanese Children 20th June 2014
"I am always amazed by the creativity of the children, who are so respectful and imaginative they are themselves an inspiration.”
Sussex Life Magazine - Artist in Residence June 2014
"The power is within us all to change our circumstances and reach out for our dreams"
Start Your Business Magazine - Entrepreneur - Mackenzie Thorpe April 2014
"I think the onus to support artists as entrepreneurs needs to primarily come from the art world itself and should start in art college"
Arts Culture Blog - Mackenzie Thorpe: Lust for art inspired a big dream 27th February 2014
"School was miserable – dyslexia was little understood and he was mocked by students and teachers alike"
Raconteur Article - Mackenzie on "Is Art Still Elitist?" 12th February 2014
"I still stumble across those galleries, both municipal and commercial, which deploy an elitist approach to the very people they should be reaching out to."
The Best You - What does it take......To be an artist? February, 2014
"I followed a road, a feeling and something I enjoyed and excelled at"
The Northern Echo - Spirit of Tour de France's Grand Depart to be captured by world renowned artist Mackenzie Thorpe 3rd February 2014
“I recall my uncle telling me that when everyone left Smiths Dock it was like the Tour de France, with hundreds of men racing to get home."
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The printing process for 'A Leap of Faith', 2011
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