[b]Jeff Jordan
"On TV it was shit like 'Leave it to Beaver', solid drone reinforcement--become the same as everybody else. I seemed to stay inside my head, and found it not so much hard, but BORING, to follow the crowd. I never quite fit in with all that."[/b]
Great art always provokes more questions than answers. His art is a surrealist stab at the how and why beyond the psychic space that develops around an image, by jolting linear thought processes, and pushing the outer limits of creative evolution. Jeff Jordan's hybrids and irrational relationships are birthed by his relentless attempt to broaden mental pliability, and expand our desire to inquire. His acrylic originals are inspired by his appreciation of surrealism pre-dating the Breton-led French Surrealist movement, and its subsequent challenger, Salvador Dali. His ability to depict a contorted realism is defined by the scope of the components, which bend back on any attempt to synthesize objective meaning, and yield a beautifully surreal circumstance.
Jeff hasn't lost his head about his newfound attention, he's a humble guy, living in Humboldt Co., dedicating himself to the permutations his mind reflects when his brush meets his canvas. Recognition can lead to some crazy shit, but all in all, this surrealist veteran continues to be inspired by a world that obviously still needs to be poked in the eye. After meeting him through the grapevine, I can say it was truly an honor to get such an in-depth view of an artist so resolved in his indictments of the norm.
by Evan La Ruffa
FULL INTERVIEW ON IPAINTMYMIND.COM