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{ Beyond the Letter }
The work of London based artist Mark Powell has me captivated. With vintage envelopes as his canvas and biro (ballpoint) pen as his medium ...
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Bic Biro on 1920s Egyptian envelope
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Juxtapoz Magazine - Portraits on Envelopes by Mark Powell
We have shown some of Mark Powell's work on the site before, but we just caught a new batch of Powell's envelope portraits, using a Bic Biro pen on vi...
bic biro on 1903 german envelope
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bic biro on 1892 envelope
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New Bic Ballpoint Pen Portraits On Ephemera By Artist Mark Powell
Sure I doodle on old envelopes, documents and newspapers, but my doodles consist of shaded cubes and poorly drawn body parts. Not those of artist Mark Powell, however. Like the work of Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas, Mark uses a Bic Biro pen to draw and shade realistic portraits. His canvases are various vintage envelopes, maps and newspapers dating back to 1819. While some blogs have featured his envelope drawings, here's a look at 15 of his more recent pieces, courtesy of his Facebook…
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