Mackie

MACKIE

Born in the Highlands of Scotland, Mackie recalls drawing from an early age; obsessively drawing and re-drawing pictures, trying to achieve perfect scale and efficient ways of devising images. Through this compulsive process, and drawing on his education in illustration and design, Mackie developed a practice which draws upon classical Flemish painting techniques, devising increasingly complex and imaginative scenes. Now based in London, Mackie’s paintings focus on the personalities of what he describes as ‘the very average man’; intriguing characters, free from idealist values, set in dark, convincing scenes.

Statement: Statement: The Source of Light (Painting Series) Series) Old Irish Jerry used to go and have his dinner in the pub every night after a day on the booze (he never seemed drunk, but jovial and pleasant) around 5 o’clock. Following which he would have a little sleep at his table. Now, anyone who knows pub licensing laws - or just the rules of pub etiquette - knows you can’t sleep in pubs. So when asked as to whether he wouldn’t mind waking up or going home, his reply came with still shut eyes, “I’m not sleeping; I’m just looking at the bright colours behind my eyelids.”

Inspired by intriguing characters like Old Irish Jerry, Mackie’s Source of Light paintings are a study of what he calls ‘the average man’. Injecting Film Noir-style drama throughout, Mackie’s paintings confront us with gritty depictions of men’s frailty, depicting character and feeling over true reflections of the characters’ appearance.

Learn How To Fall

Oil on canvas, 92 x 153 cm

Italia

Oil on canvas, 92 x 153 cm

Louis Vuitton Bag

Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm

Romeo’ Romeo’s Return

Oil on canvas, 92 x 153 cm

A Convenient Streetlamp Oil on canvas, 92 x 153 cm

Who’s Judas? The Final Twelve Oil on canvas, 122 x 184 cm From the left to right Lucien Freud, Dinos Chapman, Richard Hamilton, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Tracy Emin, Simon Cowell, Damien Hirst, Jack Vetriano, Rolf Harris, Banksy, Grayson Perry and Peter Blake.

Whose Round Is It?

Oil on canvas, 90 x 150 cm

The Singing Nutter

Oil on canvas, 127 x 168 cm

A Modern History Of English Football Oil on canvas 152 x 152 cm

A Modern History Of English Football Based on “The Calling of St Matthew” by Caravaggio. Artist’s idea was about a childhood argument over flicking and pinging whilst playing subbuteo. Roy appears to have become inflamed over some of the other players antics with illegal pinging during the subbuteo.

Everyone knows you are only allowed to flick a subbuteo player.

This basic argument has been built in alongside the exceptional painting by Caravaggio where Christ calls St Matthew, in the bible from the window.

Hence it is being there.

From Left: Fabio Cappello, Sven GoranEriksson, Kevin Keegan, Terry Venables, Bobby Robson, Roy Hodgson.

Nothing Compares To You Oil on canvas, 80 x 160 cm

Nothing Compares To You (Left to Right: Voldemort; Roy Walker; Sevrus Snape; Louis Walsh; Sharon Osbourne) Nothing Compares To You (Slytherin’s X-Factor) brings a strange little group of recognisable characters together. As a comment on what is real, we have two actors in their Harry Potter aliases, and three presenters who are known for their pantomime roles in our Saturday night TV shows. Louis Walsh is delighted by Voldemort’s rendition of the Sinead O’Connor power ballad, whilst Severus Snape grimaces, suitably unimpressed. Sharon Osbourne’s face (as usual) gives us nothing but botox. He (Who Must Not Be Named) now desires fame, for everyone to know his name. A lot of questions remain: Is Voldemort draining Louis Walsh’s Irish soul even as he is laughed off stage? Is the coldly lit scene a limbo where all must be voted into the afterlife by The Panel? Roy Walker asks us to guess the ultimate catchphrase- but what could it be? Silence is Golden? Judge not, that ye be not Judged? This awkward scenario depicts an obsession with celebrity, and the ‘reality’ shows where ‘some scenes have been created for your entertainment’.

Still we are left at a loss for what it all means. One thing is for sure, that today’s Truth is Stranger than Fiction. And your guess is as good as mine… As Roy Walker would say; ‘It’s good, but it’s not the right answer.’

Ipads & Iphones Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm

Don’ Don’t Sweat The Technique Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm

Money Bags Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm

Beats By Dr Dre Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm

Tower Of Babel

Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 cm

The Kiss

Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 cm

Abandoned Caravan 3: Eat Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm

Abandoned Caravan 4: Boudoir Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm

Abandoned Pub 1: Courage Oil on canvas, 41 x 51 cm

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