Biography

  Blythe Armstrong was born and raised in South Florida, and is now pursuing a higher education at Rhode Island School of Design. Blythe first majored in visual art as a middle

schooler, and would later attend Dreyfoos School of the Arts for high school. Though Blythe's experiences provided her with a solid foundation for her technical skills, her passion for the visual arts began much earlier. Blythe treasured the aesthetics enjoyed by her maternal grandparents, who came from Barbados and furnished their home with the beautiful pastels, and impressive columns of the Neoclassical era. While her paternal grandparents provided her with a love for the recounting of histories. ​

   Blythe is fascinated by the brilliant and dramatic stories of the late 18th century. Many of which lack visual representation because they are either too obscure, or much of the evidence of them was destroyed during conflicts leaving very limited material to work with. In her work she explores how these stories are remembered, often through a combination of neoclassical aesthetics as well as religious imagery and symbolism while exploring themes of romanticism and martyrdom to fill these gaps and ensure that these histories will not be entirely forgotten.