Mace credits the technical skills evident in the sometime-mechanical quality of his artwork specifically to his long-term drawing in ballpoint pen, honing mind-to-eye-to-hand coordination.
Mace renders people and pets in ballpoint pen by commission.
Loud invented and obtained a patent for what is considered to be the first ballpoint pen in 1888; however his invention was not commercialized and the patent would eventually lapse.
Mace is predominantly known for his drawings in ballpoint pen, using them to create fine artwork, and he is considered a pioneer of the medium.
Camargo slept on the streets, and lived off of the money he could gain by reselling ballpoint pens in the streets.
Mace started his professional career as an illustrator in the mid-1980s and began exhibiting in 1990, always using only ballpoint pens.
Each filter paper was labelled with a number using a ballpoint pen, referring to the number of larvae contained in each dish.
We call that blue ballpoint pen.
