Will Armstrong

Practice & Formation

Since 2002

Road-based practice — 10–20 weekends/year between shows and studio

500,000+ miles on the road over two decades

Method

Hand-drawn using pens and Chinese lettering quills

Graphite, ink, acrylic over collaged sheet music, maps, show posters, stock certificates

Documentary

Saint Louis Art Fair — short film on his process

Representation

Gallery

Jackson Junge Gallery — Wicker Park, Chicago, IL

Ongoing representation

Gallery

Crossroads Art Center — Richmond, VA

"Don't Wait Up, Richmond" — constantly evolving show

Gallery

JG Art Gallery + Events — Bainbridge Island & Park City

Art Fairs

Annual

One of a Kind Show — Chicago, IL

Annual

Coconut Grove Arts Festival — Miami, FL

Annual

Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival — Winter Park, FL

Annual

Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival — Fort Worth, TX

Annual

Art Festival Beth El — St Petersburg, FL

Past

Saint Louis Art Fair

Influences

Music

Bo Diddley · Johnny Cash · Deke Dickerson

Songs and artists embedded in the towns they made famous

Visual

Frank Miller · Heinrich Kley

Line as narrative — the drawn mark as road

Subject

Honky-tonks · movie palaces · theaters · street life · musicians

The real show sometimes taking place on the street

Works at JG

Original

The Record Store; Vinyl Village · Wild Horses · Bull and Bear

Original

Put Some Distance · Street Fight

Edition

Scratching Circles — limited edition, /50

Process

Collage

Vintage sheet music, show posters, maps, stock certificates

Every piece of ephemera is part of the story

Drawing

Each line made by hand — pens, Chinese lettering quills

Considers the work drawing, not painting

Finish

Graphite, ink, acrylic complete each piece

The artist's hands will never be clean

Practice & Formation

Representation

Art Fairs

Influences

Works at JG

Process

Selected Works