Side Saddle

Bill Howard Armstrong

Bill Armstrong did this while teaching at the University of Wis., Madison. UW printmaking instructor Alfred Sessler had begun using the reduction method of of printing at UW Madison and Armstrong began experimenting with the technique and non-objective, abstract expressionist imagery. This print was done from a single block, recut and printed numerous times.

Bill Howard Armstrong was born in Horton, Kansas on Dec. 13, 1926. He attended the University of Illinois (MA) and Bradley University (BA), teaching at both. Between 1955 and 1963 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is now a Professor Emeritus at Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.

Armstrong worked as a printmaker, graphic designer and book illustrator throughout his career. He worked as a consultant to the Ford Foundation in the mid 1950's. He exhibited with the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) and numerous venues throughout the U.S. Armstrong was a Founder and honorary president of the Watercolor USA Honor Society and a member of the Boston Printmakers as well as a number of watercolor societies.