Painting and drawing are two of the most intimate forms of artistic expression. Using pencil, paintbrush, and pigment requires a close relationship between our thoughts, the hand, brush, paper, subject, and eye. Sometimes I try to paint loosely and sometimes to find detail depending upon the subject. I have tried to capture with these sketches a sense of definite place but also a sense of absence. I wish to capture the specific meaning or atmosphere, but also to convey the sense of someone or something missing. The need to touch, hold, and reconnect is implied in the artist's touch, the tangible textures and materials.

These are frequent emotions and attitudes that most people, if not all of us, have felt. We anticipate the return of our loved ones or that we can return to our special places with anticipation, if not anxiety.

David Powell was born in Liverpool in the Northwest of England and spent many of his childhood and teenage summers in North Wales. He was educated at the School of Architecture at Liverpool University with a Masters in Exhibition Design and Curation. He is also a qualified teacher with a Masters from Konstfack the Swedish University of Design.

He has lived and worked in Sweden since 1990, for 15 years as the senior curator of the Swedish Museum of Architecture before starting his own consultancy Elderberry AB www.elderberry.nu , through which he has participated extensively in cultural projects in Europe, South Africa and the Caribbean.

He is now semi-retired and on a new journey exploring the world through his artwork in watercolour, linoleum prints, acrylic and writing.
www.davidpowellart.com