aging of a woman

I've been planning the installation for 4 years through a grant provided me by John Brown University. Ive been purchasing items at garage sales and visiting with the sellers about the items they have in their sale. From the items I purchased, I have created wire drawings, and rust paintings in sort of a redemptive story. All items have stories connected with the titles. The exhibition will include all the items I have purchased, plus the artwork—the installation will include a full size garage in the gallery space and an all day garage sale event for the garage sale items and closing reception for the artwork, bringing together two unique crowds.

After being diagnosed with Bipolar while going to grad school, the combination of medication and amplified activity led me to this image of what it felt like to be bipolar. What people see, and what they don't understand.

A collaborative installation by Joel Armstrong and the John Brown University art department. (2007) "The body is a unit, though made up of many parts; and though all it’s parts are many they form one body.” 1 Corinthians 12:12 More to come, soon. Joel

There were 3 different kind of items for sale at the gallery installation. 1. garage sale items. 2. Wire drawings of the items. 3. Rust paintings of the items.

Just examples of wire portraits: many more are available to see.

This is a video, supported by interviews and images that tell the story of the "One Body" installation.

These drawings dealt with the idea of connection. The pieces were initially drawn in sets of 2, then modified in the studio to combine in much larger groupings. Due to the fragile aspect of the chalk, the series was given away before moving to Arkansas.

I can get kind of obsessed with sketchbooks