Charlie Mackesy

Charlie Mackesy (born 1962) is a British artist and the author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

The book has sold over 1.4 million copies and spent 55 weeks on the Sunday Times Bestsellers List top ten.[1] His book was selected as the Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards in 2020.[2] Mackesy was contacted by an editor who had seen his drawings on Instagram and subsequently published with her on Ebury.[3]

Mackesy had been a cartoonist for The Spectator and an illustrator for Oxford University Press.[1] He also worked with Richard Curtis for Comic Relief.[1] He is a former atheist who has 'found Jesus' and sees his work as a way to "introduce God to the people he loves."[4][5] Many of his paintings have a religious theme.[6] He was selected to work on Nelson Mandela's Unity Series project, re-imagining the drawings that Mandela made.[7][8]

Personal life

Mackesy grew up in Northumberland, and went to boarding school when he was seven.[1] He lives in London and in Suffolk where he looks after his mother with his sister.[1][9]

References
  1. Jones, Dylan (2020-11-27). "Charlie Mackesy: 'Nurses using my drawings is a career highlight' - British GQ". British GQ. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse". Waterstones. Waterstones Booksellers Limited. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. Flood, Alison (2019-11-09). "A boy, a mole, a fox and a horse: the recipe for a Christmas bestseller". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  4. "Former Atheist Artist Becomes Unlikely Evangelist". CBN News. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  5. "The Redemptive Art of Charlie Mackesy". Born of Wonder. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  6. "UNITY SERIES". House Of Mandela Art. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  7. Cascone, Sarah (2018-07-18). "Nelson Mandela Was an Artist, Too, and Now His Family Has Revealed Never-Before-Seen Artworks to Mark His 100th Birthday". artnet News. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  8. "Charlie Mackesy". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
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