World renowned wood sculptor J. Chester Armstrong is a self-taught artist. “I can “see” the forms in the raw logs. It’s like Michelangelo said- just take away everything that doesn’t look like “nine horses running” and there it is. His sculptures are charged with movement and emotion. “I carve to reawaken the soul of the viewer to the primal energy and life force of the earth-based imagery,’’ Wood is yielding, but not forgiving. It does not allow for mistakes. But it is organic, warm and “alive”, and creates a unique piece of art that traces its beginnings back to the living tree, blown by the wind and fed by the sun and waters of the earth. Some of Armstrong’s most notable collectors include Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Olivia Newton John, Nick Nolte, President Bush, Michael Jackson, T. Boone Pickens and Harold Courson- all personal friends
Walnut sculpture
World renowned wood sculptor J. Chester Armstrong is a self-taught artist. “I can “see” the forms in the raw logs. It’s like Michelangelo said- just take away everything that doesn’t look like “nine horses running” and there it is. His sculptures are charged with movement and emotion. “I carve to reawaken the soul of the viewer to the primal energy and life force of the earth-based imagery,’’ Wood is yielding, but not forgiving. It does not allow for mistakes. But it is organic, warm and “alive”, and creates a unique piece of art that traces its beginnings back to the living tree, blown by the wind and fed by the sun and waters of the earth. Some of Armstrong’s most notable collectors include Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Olivia Newton John, Nick Nolte, President Bush, Michael Jackson, T. Boone Pickens and Harold Courson- all personal friends