MACKENZIE THORPE
BRITISH B.1956
BRITISH B.1956
MACKENZIE'S PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE IS CLEAR. HE DOESN’T HIDE THE FACT THAT OFTEN LIFE IS A STRUGGLE, A DARK TUNNEL WHICH CAN SEEM ENDLESS. HOWEVER, HE PASSIONATELY BELIEVES THAT OUR FRAIL DREAMS ARE WORTH NURTURING AND THAT LOVE AND HONESTY WILL TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY.
Mackenzie Thorpe's artwork transcends his ability to simply transfer ideas to paper. His images rise above his process as he evokes an immediate and visceral response from his viewers. Viewing his work, one is left smiling, crying or tearing up in the moment, as the subject matter is processed beyond the visual to the emotional. Mastery of artistic materials akin to the task of a workman learning his trade, and Mackenzie often expresses a view of himself in those terms: a simple workman doing a job. But he is so much more than that, so much more capable and articulate. He paints with his fingers using pure pigments that satisfy his burning desire to saturate the surface in a way that other materials seem not to be able to do so well for him. Although versatile in all media, it is the pure pastel that seems to be most at his command.
He is an artist who sees the world through his own unique prism that opens his world to us. Sometimes what we view is complicated and difficult to process. Yet it is that which is so utterly personal and private.
He is an artist who sees the world through his own unique prism that opens his world to us. Sometimes what we view is complicated and difficult to process. Yet it is that which is so utterly personal and private.
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