Since 2014
JULY 2018
Dariusz Zawiązalec Katowice, Poland
This shield was a commission for a woman from Norway. She always wanted to have something from me, but, unlike most of my clients, she did not want a portrait. She decided to have Odin...
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Odin shield, 2017. © Dariusz Zawiązalec
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JUNE 2018
Irreal Landscapes Alberto Repetti Genoa, Italy
While photorealism in ballpoint pen has attracted the lion's share of attention to the genre for some time, freestyle ballpointing is still a comparatively open playing field ...
With freestyling, technique rules ...
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pictured : Point, 2017, cropped. © Alberto Repetti
OCTOBER 2018
James Mylne London, England
Commissioned by a private client who is a big fan of Steve McQueen and race cars... I worked hard to build an increased level of detail into the drawing... Some of which were not really in the original photo...
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King McQueen, 2018. © James Mylne
MAY 2018
Serhiy Kolyada Kiev, Ukraine
This is devoted to all revolutions from 1917, which began in Russian Empire in that year and continues to today... in the whole world...
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The Spectre of Communism (Revolution 1917-2017)
2017-18 © Serhiy Kolyada
SEPTEMBER 2018
Auto Motives Luis Silva Villa do Condo, Portugal
In the photorealist work of Portuguese artist Luis Silva, ballpoint pen artwork can be discussed in terms of 'make' and 'model' along with color and composition. Car Talk. Gear heads meet the wine and cheese crowd ...
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pictured : Porsche 911, 2016, cropped. © Luis Silva
Dave Warshaw San Diego, California
NOVEMBER 2017
Teacher's Pen PENNAMES Ballpoint Art Instruction
It used to be that the creative use of ballpoint pens was merely a by-product of classroom boredom... Classroom boredom surely still exists, but I can't vouch for what youngsters of today do with it ... Read the full archived feature
art : © África Fernández de Castro Hoyos, 2017, cropped.
Andrey Poletaev Lugansk, Ukraine
JUNE 2017
Ballpoint Art Trent Morse BOOK REVIEW
Just as so many presumptuous or naive ballpoint prodigies tripped over each other to have you believe they 'came first ', so came the race for First Place in formally documenting ballpoint pen art history...
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pictured : cover art, Untitled crop, 2014. © Thomas Müller
Holly Cappello Portland, Oregon
NOVEMBER 2018
Andrey Poletaev Lugansk, Ukraine
I planned to create a series of works that resemble steampunk for quite some time. There were always these bits and pieces floating in my head. For years I jotted down ideas in my notepad along with sketches...
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Flight of Fancy, 2018. © Andrey Poletaev
DECEMBER 2014 Shane McAdams Brooklyn, New York
Ballpoint pen art without the ballpoint pen? That and more
from Shane McAdams, who literally removes the ball point
from the equation by "blowing", milking or otherwise extracting ink from ballpoints and magic markers toward artistic ends...
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pictured : Cloudslinger, 2014. © Shane McAdams
DECEMBER 2016
Lennie Mace RETROSPECTACLE Tokyo, Japan 1994-2004
By 1994, Lennie Mace had made a name for himself as an illustrator and had been exhibiting his ballpoint pen artwork in New York annually since 1990. ...
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pictured : The Longer The Drool... 2005. © Lennie Mace
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APRIL 2018
René Moncada Brooklyn, New York
Nature’s Purge YouTube was created after visiting Montauk Point and discovering a chain-link fence deposited by the surf. It had been purged from the sea and Nature was talking to me directly...
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Nature's Purge, 2017. © Rene Moncada
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Chen Zhen Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Allan Barbeau Dublin, Ireland
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MARCH 2018
Lennie Mace RETROSPECTACLE Tokyo, Japan 2004-2014
By 2004, Lennie Mace had been mastering the artistic capabilities of ballpoint pens for over two decades, producing groundbreaking 'wow'-worthy halftone effects which show little trace of the ballpoint line-work used in their creation ...
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pictured : Kroc Rock, 2011, cropped. © Lennie Mace
DECEMBER 2018
Norse Pole Dariusz Zawiązalec Katowice, Poland
Wood, leather, metal hardware and perhaps some animal bone or fur accoutrements. The makings of a fine Viking shield.
And if that shield came from the Black Forest Forge? Add ballpoint pens to the supply list ...
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pictured : The Bride, 2018, cropped. © Dariusz Zawiązalec
FEBRUARY 2018
Peter Ross Hong Kong
This piece was selected for exhibition in consideration for the HK Human Rights Art Prize. The exhibition displayed artwork shortlisted for a prize. Fall highlights the human right to adequate housing...
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Fall, 2017. © Peter Ross
Alberto Repetti Genova, Italy
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