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With artist Mackenzie Thorpe our cover star,
here’s five more Teesside artists leading the field...
Come on Boro! by Sean Durkin.
SEAN DURKIN
Middlesbrough-born Durkin’s LS Lowry-
inspired paintings are full of irony and
narrative. Having sold originals for several
thousand pounds, his work now hangs
alongside his hero’s at mima.
https://www.seandurkin.co.uk/
Linthorpe Road South by Andrew Gifford.
ANDREW
GIFFORD
Raised just outside
Middlesbrough, Andrew
Gifford returned to the
North East three years after
many years working in
France where he had become
recognised as one of the most
innovative landscape painters
around.
Coatham Sands by Len Tabner.
www.jmlondon.com
Sitting Pretty by Lucy Pittaway.
LEN TABNER
South Bank-born Len worked on the oil rigs and in the
fishing industry before becoming a renowned artist whose
works include potash mines, ironworks and seascapes.
www.messums.com/artists/view/263/Len_Tabner
John Hendrie scores the last goal at
Ayresome Park by Richard Piers Rayner.
LUCY PITTAWAY RICHARD PIERS RAYNER
Named the Fine Art Trade Guild’s Best Up and Coming Artist
of the Year for 2016, teacher-cum-artist Lucy is the daughter
of the late former Middlesbrough FC player Willie Maddren. A hugely talented graphic artist and former Middlesbrough FC
artist in residence, Middlesbrough-born Richard’s work inspired
the Hollywood film Road to Perdition, starring Tom Hanks.
www.lucypittaway.co.uk www.rpiersrayner.co.uk
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