Being raised on the U.S.-Mexico border heavily influences his artistic, aesthetic and conceptual ideas. Images that have cultural, biographical and art historical references are carved and burned into the surface of his paintings, drawings, and prints. Hide Fox and All After references Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a phrase used to describe what we now call Hide and Seek.

A significant aspect of Armendariz's work involves harnessing seemingly mundane and ubiquitous symbols to craft narratives that resonate on multiple levels. “Everybody can understand a plant in a vase, a coyote, a bull, or a crow. These aren't difficult things to understand. But if you allow them, they speak on other layers and levels going back to art history, mythology, popular culture, and belief systems.”