Mark Powell was born in 1980 in Leeds, West Yorkshire but now lives in London. He draws with of a bic biro black ballpoint pen onto original antique documents, some dating back to 1690. Powell aims to portray what can be produced with the most basic tool whilst creating a relationship between the canvas and image.
“Each person is as important or irrelevant as the next. A face that is devoid of a clear emotion gives an ambiguity that is simple and intriguing, it shows the signs in scars of travel and uncontrolled gaze; a life lived. the canvas of old envelopes holds the same qualities, travel scarred and mysterious, common and used by everyone just like the biro pen that i use” - Powell
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