William Armstrong Jr.

The road holds countless stories and in Will Armstrong’s work, you will find them. You will find stories of out of the way barbeque shops, cheap motels and honky tonks. You will find tales of out of the way roadside dives and the musicians that crawl in and out of them. The tin can tourist is the soundtrack of the road; songs and artists are embedded on the towns they made famous. Main street America, Johnny Cash and Muddy Waters are as much an influence as Frank Miller, hatch show print and banksy. The lines of the road have become indistinguishable from the lines of the pen; just as the subject is from the location. Will draws with an oil based pen on a collage of antique maps, book pages and antique advertising. Will was educated as an illustrator from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he graduated with a BFA in communications arts and design in 1995. He has spent time as a bartender, an art director and a picture-framer. He has hung numerous installations on all kinds of surfaces.