IN MARCH 2020 LOCKDOWN WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE UK, AND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I STARTED WORKING FROM HOME. uSING THE KITCHEN TABLE, AS OPPOSED TO MY USUAL STUDIO, FORCED ME TO PAINT MUCH SMALLER, DUSTY PASTELS WERE REPLACED WITH ACRYLIC PAINT AND WATER COLOURS, AND FROM DAY ONE I PAINTED EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IN THE BEGINNING I WAS DILIGENT ABOUT TRYING TO CHRONICLE THE DAYS, BUT THEH THE DAYS TURNED INTO WEEKS BEFORE STRETCHING INTO MONTHS, UNTIL EVENTUALLY I LOST TRACK OF TIME ALTOGETHER AND JUST SETTLED INTO MY OWN LITTLE ROUTINE.

LOOKING BACK OVER THE BODY OF WORK I THOUGHT IT WOULD NE INTERESTING TO PULL TOGETHER A SELECTION OF THE WORK AND CHART MY MANY UPS AND DOWNS!! I'M SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED TO SAY I STRUGGLED EARLY....SEE 'DON'T FENCE ME IN' , DAY 4!
THIS PERSONAL JOURNEY IS NOT INTENDED AS A COMMENTARY OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN MY OWN EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS DURING THIS WIERD PERIOD, HOWEVER I HOPE PEOPLE WILL RELATE TO PAQRTS OF OT IF NOT ALL OF IT.

OF COURSE I KNOW HOW LUCKY I WAS AND AM. i HAD ACCESS TO A GARDEN AND A COMFORTABLE HOME, NO- ONE IN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY WAS ON TH EFRONT LINE AND WHILST ONE FAMILY MEMBER CONTRACTED TEH DISEASE AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, HE FORTUNATELY RECOVERED RELATIVELY QUICKY.

fOR ALL OF THIS I REMAIN ETERNALLY GRATEFUL, IF NOT JUST A BIT DISCONNECTED THAT IN THE FACE OF A NATIONAL EFFORT, WHERE DAILY TALES OF HEROISM WERE BOTH COMMONPLACE AND HUMBLING, I HAD NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE, BEYOND SOME PAINTINGS!

SO WHILST THIS BOOK IS A VISUAL CHRONICLE OF MY OWN JOURNEY THROUGH THESE VERY STRANGE TIMES, IT IS ALSO THE ONLY WAY I CAN EVER HOPE TO CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE SOMETHING BACK. 
​MACKENZIE THORPE 2020

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Both original paintings and two fabulous limited editions are available to buy along with a beautiful paper back - Paintings from the kitchen table- literally!
Paintings from the kitchen table paperback £13-50 +postage and packing or collect in store.

 

Day After Day (Just Like The Crows)£575.00 - £795.00Signed Limited Edition Print on paper Edition Size 95, 5 AP, 5 HC Image Size: 25" x 31.5"

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Everyday's a Sunday
£550.00 - £695.00

​signed Limited Edition Print on paper
Edition Size 125, 5 AP, 5 HC
Image Size: 24" x 24"  £550 paper- £695 framed

Mackenzie in his Hove studio -
signing the Everyday's a Sunday Print