Will Armstrong Art
A Well Worn Path
A Well Worn Path
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$3,900
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$200.00
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Description
Hand drawn ink and painted acrylic over a collage of pages from Darwin's evolutionary text.
I was traveling through Chicago, parallel to one of the L lines. The train track had sporadic, but thick patches of weeds. I'm stopped at a traffic light and look over, like you would glance at a car when the driver is looking your way. I catch eye contact with a coyote. Light turns green and we both keep traveling along our well worn path.
Years ago
I was an angry young man
And I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
-David Byrne
Item details
GTIN: 169497
Price
$3,900.00
Sales method
Online & onsite sale
Quantity available
1
Dimensions
Product
Length/Depth: 2 in
Width: 60 in
Height: 36 in
Package
Length/Depth: 5 in
Width: 64 in
Height: 40 in
Shipping
$200.00
Option to pick up the product in person instead of shipping
Delivery and pickup restrictions may apply:
$200 flat rate anywhere in the continental US. Typically shipping would run $250-$500 for art handled crating from Santa Fe.
$200 flat rate anywhere in the continental US. Typically shipping would run $250-$500 for art handled crating from Santa Fe.
Refund & return policy
No refund or returns allowed on this purchase.
Exceptions may apply. Please message William for more information.
Meet your seller
Will Armstrong Art
Since 2002, Will Armstrong has spent ten to twenty weekends per year on the road; bouncing between gallery openings, festivals and his studio. He has steadily racked up over half a million miles on his vertebrae and on a rotating cast of trusted (though admittedly abused) vehicles through those years.
The road holds countless stories and in his work, you will find them.
Tales of out of the way honky-tonks, movie palaces, cheap motels and barrels of gas paid on questionable credit; stories of both roadside dives or majestic theaters and the musicians that crawl in and out. The real show sometimes taking place on the street. Where does music come from? Where does it go to be heard? Sometimes the artist takes a fragment of a lyric out of context and tells a new story to change or re-emphasize the meaning.
Will’s work is the soundtrack to a road trip; songs and artists are embedded on the towns they made famous. Bo Diddley, Johnny Cash and Deke Dickerson are as much as an influence as Frank Miller and Heinrich Kley. The lines of the road have become indistinguishable from the lines of the pen; just as the subject from location.
Will considers his work to be drawing, as each line is created by hand using a series of pens, and Chinese lettering quills. He works on a collage of vintage maps, show posters and sheet music. Every piece of ephemera incorporated into the work is part of the story telling process. Graphite, ink and acrylic might be used to finish the piece, ensuring that the artist's hands will never be clean.
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A Well Worn Path
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