Naomi Armstrong

PO Box 37
Cooper Center, AK 99573

About the Artist

I started painting, in oils, about 19 years ago. My first 15 years of painting were in oils, painting Tole and Decorative Painting (emphasis on the decorative). We did everything from t-shirts to leather, canvas to wood and everything in between. In 1996, I decided to try my hand at acrylics. I did that for about 2 years and it was really an experience. It was so different from oils. Just recently I learned wet-on-wet in acrylics, and that does make it a little more like working with oils. But I still think that I enjoy oils more.

Then, in the summer of 1998, I was driving past a studio in Arvada, CO and stopped in to take a peek (and stayed), and that's when I started painting larger oil paintings on canvas. I have taught a few classes at this studio, which has since moved to Westminster, CO. I also organized, and taught a weeklong kid's class last summer. I have taken several instructional classes, over the years, from instructors in Colorado, and throughout the states. I am currently living in Lakewood, Colorado but I own 35 acres west of Trinidad, CO (near Weston), and am hoping to start building my permanent home there, within the next couple years. I have lived in Colorado since 1978. I'm originally from White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

I am an Associate member of the ColArt Artist Network, Piscataway, NJ, and a member of the Palatteers Art Guild in Westminster, CO. I was juried into the Corazon Gallery, Trinidad, CO in December of 2000. Painting has always been my stress reducer. Once I get started, I have a hard time stopping until I’m done. (But, are we ever done ??)

I have been in a number of judged shows from early 1999 through the present. I have had the wonderful experience of having solo shows, and have had my work displayed at a number of Arts and Craft fairs, and numerous art shows throughout Colorado and New Mexico. I do commission work whenever given the chance, and have thoroughly enjoyed the number of portraits that I have painted this past year.

Professional Services Offered

"Pansies"

Teaches a variety of mediums
Commission Work

"Roses"

"Children"