Part C: Exploring an artist

My interview with well-know cartoon based artist, Pete Mckee: http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/151005/title/BethanGoodheadinterviewsPeteMckee

The local artist that I will be interviewing is Pete McKee who got his break in his 30s after selling a piece of his work to Noel Gallagher from Oasis:

My research of Pete's has mainly came from his website http://www.therealmckee.co.uk/

Pete McKee was really nice and welcoming and happy to do the interview. I interviewed him in the kitchen area of his gallery (In a month of Sundays), where the walls were draped with drawings, sketches, and photographs.

He talked about how he has always had a passion for art and music and how his favourite piece of art he has done relates to him and his mother (who passed away when he was 7) at castle market.

He said that when you look into his work there is always a meaning and that there is always a child on their own because he was lonely as a child as all of his siblings were older than him.

I really enjoyed doing this interview and I’m proud I got to interview success an inspiring and successful artist.


These are some of the question I asked him:

- How would you describe the art that you create and why do you think people are so drawn to it?

-there's a lot of humour in your work, have you ever considered anything dark and serious or is there a bit of seriousness hidden in the humour somewhere?

-what inspires your work?

-what jobs did you do before becoming an artist and what other careers would you have considered?

- how did you come up with the name "a month of Sundays" for your new gallery?

- what do you think stops people from visiting galleries more often and have you considered that with "a month of Sundays"?

- what types of art, if any, don't you like and why?

- what is the favourite piece of art you don't like and why?

- what is your favourite piece of work you have produced and why?

- what has been your proudest moment in art so far?

- is there any commissioned work you have, or would you refuse of principal?

- what advice would you give for young artists who want to make a career out of art?