HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- It began with a ballpoint pen, a mild obsession with a character from "The Lion King" and a desire for unconventional portraits. Nigerian-born Toyin Odutola, a former student at ...

When you think of ballpoint pens, your mind probably goes to office supplies, not great works of art. But even the lowliest and most ubiquitous of writing utensils can make breathtaking masterpieces ...

ST. LOUIS — Local artist Marlon West says the first view of some portraits in his “Ink Tributes” gallery was blurred. “I drew a lot of them with tears in my eyes,” he explains. St. Louis University ...

Through Friday, the Murfreesboro City Hall, 111 W. Vine St., is displaying 19 oversized pen-and-ink portraits of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington by Middle Tennessee artist Greg Lyon.

Wóksape—the Lakota word for wisdom—comes to life in this series of meticulously stippled pen portraits by Ben Dyett, honouring chieftains and visionaries of the Great Plains. From Black Elk, Oglala ...