RIchard Armstrong,
MA, MscD
Ate;lieR d' arte
MA, MscD
Ate;lieR d' arte
Whether two or three dimensional art , I create
with Kandinsky,s reference to the 'inner necessity'
and it has propelled me for nearly 35 years,
aiming to put Spirit into matter.
with Kandinsky,s reference to the 'inner necessity'
and it has propelled me for nearly 35 years,
aiming to put Spirit into matter.
Take a look and let me know what you
think at armstrongstudio.msn.com. If
you see something you like, wonderful.
If you see a work close to one of your
own ideas or color schemes, great.
I am alway interested in doing
commissions either as a flat work or as
a sculpture.
think at armstrongstudio.msn.com. If
you see something you like, wonderful.
If you see a work close to one of your
own ideas or color schemes, great.
I am alway interested in doing
commissions either as a flat work or as
a sculpture.
Please look below. Note the many awards that I
have garnered.
I have taught the arts (primarily for Waldorf schools
but also for parks and recreation) for more than thirty
years as a visual artist, set and lighting designer,
actor, director and producer; as well as working in
interior design and landscaping. My experience
includes working for Disney and, have been twice
donned "Top Twenty Regional Artist" by AT&Ts art
shows in Central California.
Reach me: 503 484 6884 (cell) 503 477 8808 or e-mail
Armstrongstudio@msn.com
Garden Art:
Ceramic, Stone, Concrete, Resin.
Flat art: Most mediums
Commissions Accepted:
Busts, family portraits,
Industrial Design model making and
drafting
Mold Making
Classes
Ceramic, Stone, Concrete, Resin.
Flat art: Most mediums
Commissions Accepted:
Busts, family portraits,
Industrial Design model making and
drafting
Mold Making
Classes
Artist’s Selected Resume
EDUCATION:
2001-2003 SC: e-commerce, advertising; CAD, Solid Works; Field & Studio Video Prod; Writing,
directing for TV, Film and Video.
1995 CSUDH, MA: Art (Thesis: representations of musical keys as 3-d) 7 sculptures, 3’ tall.
1994 American River CC, CA, Landscape Design
1991 Rudolph Steiner College – two year Arts program
1989 Orange Coast CC, Orange Co. – Sculpture
1988 Coastline CC, Orange Co. – Sculpture
1988 Saddleback CC, Orange Co. – Lost Wax
1984 University of Metaphysics – LA, Doctorate in the effects of light, form, color and music.
1973 University of Washington, BA – Industrial Design/furniture design
Curatorial:2006 Meyer’s Café, Everett; Shoreline Art Council, Joan Longstreet, Edmonds
2006 Armstrong Presents, Edmonds, WA
2004 Annual Shoreline Fine Art Show. Honorable Mention
Juried
2010 Tabor Space, Portland, OR
2006 Rustic Elegance, Vashon Island, WA
2003 Annual Shoreline Fine Art Show. Best of Show
2000 Davis, CA. Open International. People’s Choice
1999 17th Amador Co. Artists Ass., Spring Art show Award of Excellence
1999 CA Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA (Statewide) Juror’s Award
1999 KVIE Public Television annual Auction.
1997 Sacramento Arts Center, Magnum Opus X, International Open.
1997 Sacramento ‘On the Water Arts Festival’. Second Place
1996 Mondavi Winery Art show, Lodi, CA Bronze. First Place & Judges Mention
1988 8th Intl. Competition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA.
1983 ‘Artbeat Arteat’, Artbeat Gallery, Nevada city, CA. Best Of Show
1982 ‘Motherlode Arts’, Pioneer Art Society, Nevada City, CA. Best Of Show
Bibliography: Independent Journal, San Rafael, CA.; The Arts: Newsletter of the Seattle and King
Co. Arts Commission; Vashon Newspaper, Houston Chronicle..
Professional Affiliations: Artist Trust, TPS, Arts 2000, Gallery North.
One Man Shows:
2010 11 O 49 Gallery, Milwaukie; Coopers, Portland; The Point Restaurant, Sweet Home
2009 Georgie's, Portland, OR
2006 Edmonds Gallery
2005 Federal Way City Hall.
2004 Redmond Cultural Arts Center; Broadway Market, Second Floor Show.
2004 Broadway Market, Capitol Hill District, Seattle.
2003 Frame Central, Wallingford Dist., Seattle, Oil Pastels.
1999 Phoenix Gallery, Del Paso Heights, Sac. : Watercolors & Ceramic Sculpture.
1999 Rainbow Path Gallery, Sac., CA Two sequential shows: 2 and 3 d.
1998 Ice House, Fair Oaks, CA: Watercolors and Stone and Bronze Sculpture.
1998 California Atelier, Carmichael, CA: Watercolors and Stone and Bronze
1995 FOCUS Gallery, Sac, CA: Sculpture: Bronze, stone, ceramic, & gypsum.
Site Specific
1998 Cretan Labyrinth, Sacramento Waldorf School open grounds (stone, .
1994 Three Totem Poles, Dr. Paul Simon retreat house – Commission.
1992 Mesa Grande Park project, Sac. Metro. Arts Comm. (concrete, earth, stone).
1990 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bayes, Fireplace wall design.
1977 Peace Monument Project. Lotus Zen Center, SF, CA – Commission.
1976 Wood Sea Turtle, Vancouver, WA (large wood assembly) Commission.
1974 Sculptural playground piece: Orca, Seattle – Commission.
Selected Shows
2003 Community Youth Services, Olympia, WA; watercolor; Pratt Christmas; Kirkland Show .
2001 Coastal Kitchen, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, watercolor.
1998 Baldwin Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA , Sculpture.
1998 Blooming Art Gallery, Sac., CA, Sculpture.
1997 Phoenix Gallery, North Sacramento, CA, Sculpture.
1996 Art as Furniture, Furniture as Art.
1997-1996 AT&T Top Twenty Artists.
1995 Peach Pit Bronze Invitational, Sac., CA.
1997 Kazo’s Art Gallery, Sacramento.
1996 Palm A. Granite Gallery.
1994 Queen Anne Cottage Galleries, Carmichael and Sac,. CA.
1991 Lite Rail Gallery, Sac., CA.
1989 Exclusively Northwest Gallery, Seattle.
1989 Legends, Native American Arts, Seattle.
Pre-1989 Crystal Palace, SF; Gallery Obscura, Ashland; Scott Hansen, Balboa Island, CA;
and Sasquatch Wooley Mammoth, Seattle
Invites
1994 Citrus Heights Chamber, Evening of the Arts, CA.
1988 Portfolio ’88, the Arts Ass. Of Huntington Beach, CA.
1984 Haynes Presents, Nevada City, CA.
Related Exp.1990-1999 Waldorf High School and Rudolph Steiner College Arts teacher;
Theatrical & arts 1st Place Producer
Performance: One man play; A.R.T. Opening, poems; foothill Theatre Co. Choreography, lighting
and staging; actor and director.
Bio & Statement
True art comes from a place that is on a different level than the workaday world. I have studied
works, theories and philosophies of Goethe, Steiner and Kandinsky. Kandinsky sums it the best
when he says the 'inner necessity' of creating is the foundation for creativity. My work comes in
cycles, 30 images over a 30 day period for example and than a wait for the next impulse which may
be weeks or months away. In the meantime, I play music, ride bikes with my child and study
metaphysics.
In the fervor of life, the creative impulse can be smothered by all that it takes to live. But, I will thank
my mother who gave me crayons, paint by number kits, and an eraser (that I, at first, thought was a
piece of vanilla fudge.) I advanced to model car making. I have always used my hands since my
younger days playing guitar, gesturing on stage and making art. Now, I earn my living making art
for the Garden & Nursery industry with occasional inroads into the gallery scene. It is a form of
Industrial design. The repetition is mildly soul numbing but taking a Zen like approach allows every
moment to be important, to be alive and this is the ticket. Creating new pieces is the gravy.
I learned, at the UW, in Seattle, from George Tsutakawa and at the Rudolph Steiner College not to
go with the first impulse. More than once, I have taken works that led me down a visual path only to
turn it upside down and continue on. Rhythm, spirit, soul, and the linking to other planes is what I
attempt to do. The work is a listening of the heart and a sensing of the art using soulful, soft moving
lines or spirited bucking lines, crossing and overlapping, making points of life and light sparkle off
the paper. And somehow, most can be seen as faces.
There is hidden energy and planes every where. There are avenues that take deep contemplation
as well as avenues that are simply ways to be spoken to from one of those hidden planes. I have
studied and taught tai-chi, Aikido and play a handful of instruments. They provide improvisational
dancing with 'chi'. Some of my work is small, some are a nice average size. I am looking forward to
now going large. .
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Enjoy this site. Tell your friends. Tell them to tell their friends. Remember, that I would be more
than happy to bring an idea of yours to life. All the best, Richard Armstrong
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