Early Works
Lee Powell is a self-taught painter who began working in 2021 with no formal training and no intention of producing art for exhibition. Painting initially functioned as a private, therapeutic discipline — daily engagement with colour and surface without judgment, outcome, or a...
Unstitched
2024 · Acrylic, charcoal, mixed media on canvas · 100 × 100 cm / 39 × 39 in
A figure assembled from witness marks. Stitches, scratches, the colour left where a life stopped contorting to fit. The structure underneath is a loop that n...
Eclipse of Self
2025 · Acrylic on canvas · 160 x 100 cm
The Archibald Prize has long sought to capture more than likeness; but reveal something essential about the human experience. In that spirit, I submitted a d...
Defiance
2024 · Acrylic on canvas · 120 × 90 cm
Weathered layers move across the face like time and memory — mapping the frontier where self-silencing ends. The gaze is vulnerable yet unflinching: naming t...
Mary of the Morning
2025 · Acrylic on canvas · 100 x 100 cm
It was a real privilege to be part of the Fred Luizzi Foundation charity event, where the first “Mary of the Morning” painting was auctioned for $8,000. The ...
Archangel Michael
2026 · Acrylic on canvas · 100 x 100 cm
Last year I stood inside the Grotto of Monte Sant'Angelo, a cave carved into the cliffs of Puglia where, for fifteen centuries, people have come to stand in ...
Tribute to Wim Hof
2022 · Acrylic on canvas · 100 x 100 cm
A mad man I admire…In the frost's embrace, a figure stands alone, Carved of will, his spirit set in stone. Wim Hof, the Iceman, a moniker well earned, Thr...
Guardian Angel
2023 · Acrylic on canvas · 120 x 100 cm
Unseen, unheard, yet forever near, My guardian angel, Ruby dear. In life's harsh winds, a tender trace, An unborn spirit's soft embrace. Through shadow...
911 RS
2024 · Acrylic on canvas · 120 x 100 cm
"The Path to Your Dreams Begins with a Single Step Towards the Unknown" Once upon a time, in a corner of my world filled with sketches and dreams, I found m...
What Survives the Burn
2025 · Acrylic on canvas with gold leaf · 100 x 100 cm
This painting isn’t about becoming powerful. It’s about what’s left when the pretending stops. The gold you see here is not decoration. It appears only ...
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