Pete's pop art exhibition is a capital venture: He's had Sheffield art-lovers ...
“You never know who is going to see your work and like it. I never envisaged that I would have my stuff on Paul Smith clothes or Clark’s shoes but I do. I’ll just have to see what the exhibition brings. It’s not just about getting numbers of people in through the door it’s about getting the right people in who can spread the word.”
McKee’s big-name admirers aren’t just in the fashion world - and they don’t come any bigger than Walt Disney.
Pete did some work for the American entertainment giant a couple of years ago with his observational pieces on much-loved Disney characters like Goofy, putting his own stamp on their personalities and picturing them in situations from his own imagination.
Disney loved them and have now asked him to do more.
Another collaboration with Acme cartoons that saw him invited to paint characters from the worldwide carton hit Family Guy means that he will soon be exhibiting posters and sketches of those and Futurama characters in his own Sharrowvale Road Gallery in return.
