Smaller Works

Van Armstrong’s nudes are medium sized paintings by his standards, though the treatment of the human body usually ends up somewhat larger than life size.

They share a quantum of artistic DNA with both Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, while affording a more hedonistic perspective. 

Van Armstrong’s small portraits of painters and composers are densely layered masterpieces of expressive intensity. 

Each conveys an eidetic sense of being.