Alicia Armstrong Art

Alicia Armstrong is based in Asheville. She paints inconsistencies, longings, dreams and memories. A single work by Alicia often incorporates the questions posed by contrasts - both conceptual and literal - and captures the dichotomous and inescapable realities of life: closeness and distance, light and dark, joy and suffering. At the same time the artist offers viewers relief through momentary breather rather than finite solutions. She holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a concentration in Oil Painting, and was the winner of the academic leadership award of the Fine Art department. This made her to stand out among her peers. After ten years working in photographic portraiture and traditional painting, Jennifer began to concentrate on producing more abstract works. Her pieces which are imbued with symbolic imagery are included in collections of Asheville's Bravo Concert Series, the University of North Carolina at Lipinsky Auditorium of Asheville, as well as those of many public and private collections around the world. Alicia paints using oil, graphite, and charcoal primarily on wood panels; her process produces high quality works that are perfectly textured, and whose layers help convey the struggle and beauty of transition and movement. Framed Alicia Armstrong art are highly priced by many discerning collector due to their great demand. Alicia’s images resonate with a diverse group of collectors and viewers. She’s able to capture moments, chaotic and reflective, by literally containing her images with varnish. It's easy to identify with the struggles of the figures of this self-described "mark maker.