Mark powell

Artist Mark Powell uses a ballpoint pen to create finely detailed drawings on vintage newspapers, maps, book pages, and other paper scraps. Powell's

Mark Powell art on Instagram: "Ballpoint pen drawings on antique ephemera"

MARK POWELL | Loo & Lou Gallery

Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Biro Pen, Ballpoint Pen

Mark Powell draws birds, intimate portraits, and emotional scenes on tapestries of vintage postcards and other ephemera.

From his Brighton-based studio on the seafront, Mark Powell (previously) pieces together crinkled book pages and postcards laden with travel dispatches. The vintage collages serve as backdrops for the artist’s oversized portraits of older folks, whose pensive stares and deep wrinkles are rendered gently in ballpoint pen. Often magnified, the subjects complement the weathered, ephemeralContinue reading "Monumental Ballpoint Pen Portraits Are Rendered on Vintage Collateral by Artist Mark…

We’ve featured artist Mark Powell previously back in 2012. Revisiting his website, we spotted many exciting new works, that we’d like to introduce to you...

Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Biro Pen, Ballpoint Pen

From Leeds now in London. I draw with a Biro pen. I often run into the sea.

Bic biro drawing on a 1849 letter