Peter and Madeline Powell

Peter and Madeline Powell are artists who have wed exacting technical hyper-realism painting to the sensual memories of one of childhood's most pleasurable activities: Eating Candy & Coloring with Crayons! - the smell, touch & taste of it all (don't eat the Crayons though), come strikingly through the dramatically over-sized images of Hershey Kisses, Bazooka Bubble Gum, M&M's & lollipops - to name just a few…

 

It's not often that two individual artists are able to combine and express their talents to produce a single body of work. Peter & Madeline Powell have this rare creative alliance. Essentially, painting is a solo endeavor, yet the Powell's have accomplished a seamless blend of unity in their work..

  

"Life's treats and play things from the past (& even sometimes the present), are what we capture in our paintings. We enjoy taking the little things out of everyday life and giving them the prominence and importance they might have had when we were children. Our paintings invoke the childhood spirit that everyday life has buried deep within us.”

 

The Powell's have covered many other subjects too of course, most notably Toys, Classic Cars, Flowers & Food as well as Designer Clothing Labels, Designer Shoes, Cosmetics and Collectors Personal Treasures. A lot of their paintings are in random “Piles” of the subjects, which they like to call “Pile-O-Powell's”.