Pete McKee Artist

Pete McKee (born 1966) is a painter and commercial artist from Sheffield, England. He is a cartoonist for the Sheffield Telegraph’s sports section. He has exhibited regularly around the north of England. Using bright colours his larger than life, often humorous characters inhabit a world of working men's clubs, bingo halls and family trips to the seaside. Football is also heavily featured in his work although he regularly depicts fans from both halves of the footballing divide in Sheffield: Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, the team he himself supports.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 01, 1966
Birth place
England , Sheffield
Nationality
England

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Artist

Field of work
Cartoon
Painting
Influenced by
Sheffield
Working class

Topical connections

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Pete McKee on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8304000/8304567.stm
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2005/09/22/blast_pete_mckee_feature.shtml
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2008/01/08/pete_mckee_feature.shtml
  4. http://www.petemckee.com