Will Armstrong Art
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I like to tell stories in different ways; to take a fragment of a song out of context or change the outcome of a legend by altering a detail.
After reading a particularly heinous story about factory farming, my wife muttered, "Jesus, humans really are the worst thing this world has to offer."
What if we take that as a directive? What if we make it religious and retell Adam and Eve? Jesus... your humans, really are the worst.
How would a snake defend its territory? Its garden?
The snake doesn't want the crown. He ate one. The raven, often the joker in myth, tall tale and even Native American stories, decided to take one.
This story is totally open to your perception, but at the end of the day, humans really are capable of being the absolute worst thing this world has to offer.
Ink and acrylic over the pages of another retelling of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain.
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$3,500.00
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Length/Depth: 2 in
Width: 48 in
Height: 36 in
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Length/Depth: 5 in
Width: 54 in
Height: 40 in
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$200.00 (Flat rate on multiple orders from this seller)
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Delivery and pickup restrictions may apply:
Fixed shipping in continental US. Please allow up to two weeks for shipment, as this piece is hanging in a gallery in Chicago.
Fixed shipping in continental US. Please allow up to two weeks for shipment, as this piece is hanging in a gallery in Chicago.
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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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