[8][7][9] His graffiti work often blurred the lines between illegal and legal, for example by creating pieces that appeared to be legitimate advertisements or by painting abandoned shop fronts in daylight.

[11] Powers first solo museum exhibition was in the fall of 2007, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts which showed the work from his Coney Island sign shop.

[13] He used the grant to create murals in Dublin, Ireland and in Belfast's Shankhill area, with the assistance of local teenagers.

[3] In 2009, Powers produced a series of murals in Philadelphia about the complexities of personal relationships, titled A Love Letter for You.

[40] The arrest took place in his home, after he had participated in a protest conceived by artist Joey Skaggs, against New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's attempt to shut down a controversial art show, Sensation, at the Brooklyn Museum.

[42] TheVillage Voice sympathized with Powers: "it's truly scary to think that if you invite people to throw artificial dung at a portrait of the mayor [...] the police will raid your apartment."