Junardi Armstrong
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| Water's Journey | Sonoran Lizard Moon | My body, The Earth |
- Water's Journey: Sculpted cover painted paper waterfall expressing water's journey on planet Earth and our relationship with it. 2"x1.5"x.75". SOLD
- Sonoran Lizard Moon: Abaca and dried Iris leaf paper pulp with a dried lizard, yucca blooms, mesquite beans and branch from our Sonoran Desert, poured on the ground to mix earth and pulp as a representation of our interdependence. 4 feet in diameter.
- My Body, The Earth:Artist's accordion book in an altered matchbox cover with two tone canson paper, mixed media. 2X1.75X.78 inches closed, with a length of approximately 10 inch length when open. 2003
Junardi Armstrong is an eclectic artist and published writer who has worked and lived in Arizona for over 35 years. A former educator with an M.A. from the University of Arizona, she began working in the arts seriously in 1995. Since then she has exhibited her work regionally at various galleries including: in Tucson; The Ranch House Gallery, Details and Design Gallery, Tohono Chul Museum Gallery, Details and Green Shoelaces Gallery, The Tucson Artists Cooperative Gallery, Tucson Public Library, Womankraft Gallery, and the Otero Gallery in Tubac, AZ. Her work can be found in many private collections as well as the University of Arizona Library of rare books in special collections. She is a former member of Paper Portals, a venture in collaborative artists books. The collaboration; Portals on Camino de Oeste is represented by Vamp and Tramp Bookseller's Inc. of Alabama. Junardi apprenticed in primitive clay with Juan Quesada in Mata Ortiz, Mexico and studied with a variety of artists and writers including Charles Littler, Bruce McGrew, Catherine Nash, Josh Goldberg, Joanne Garry, Deanna Thibault, Tim Clark, Wm. Pitt Root, and Sheila Bender among others. She worked as translator with Bill Root on a collection of Pablo Neruda poems, published in the field of education and poetry. In 2005, she led workshops from her Sanctuary Garden called, Restoring Sacred Balance, using meditation, writing and art as tools for centering, stillness and reconnection to our higher selves and the natural world. Her work can be viewed at: http://www.junardiart.com.
Artist Statement
My art is expressed in multi media, hand-bound, one-of-a-kind artists' books and boxes, and handmade papers, etc. Experimentation and exploration are important elements in my personal journey as an artist. My focus has been on the intuitive connection and deep reverence I have for the natural world and with the Sacred Feminine. The reoccurring idea that drives my work is the interconnectedness of all things. I weave images and words to spark an imagining for the viewer/reader that leads to an understanding of the weave of life itself, something we have lost as a culture. I wish for my work to create a reawakening of the potential soulful relationship we have with all of nature. Recently, I've returned to watercolor to hone my skills and am exploring multiple forms of expression.