Once there, the image is impossible to jar loose again. These overwhelming issues are difficult to deal with, but they are what interest me. And, since I believe in the singularity of life and art, these issues are the content of my current work. A poetry of politics and philosophy runs as an undercurrent through the layers of rich, soft color and inform the sketchy figures inhabiting Powers' space. Strongly influenced by Andrew Wyeth and Richard Diebenkorn, Powers is a master draftsman whose paintings are distinctively reminiscent of the sketchbooks of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Powers is impressionist, expressionist, realist, accomplished master artist, and student.
His compositions are fluid, visual juxtapositions of gentle, poetic lyricism and harsh reality, expertly finished compositions and free sketches, and brilliantly minimal tonal qualities. Reminiscent of Giacommeti's elongated, isolated figures restated in paint, Duval's oil on paper compositions are distinct visual explorations of emotional depth and the subtleties of the subconscious.