ABOUT ME PAGE

Hello!

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                                 My name is Randall Jordan, and I was born and raised in Virginia, and knew from early childhood I wanted to be an artist. I won my first award in high school at a student art show held at Pembroke Mall,...a blue ribbon for a "triple" print of a woodcarving I created depicting an owl swooping in on a hapless victim! From there, my studies branched out to include almost all aspects of art including drawing, painting, sculpture, lithography, pottery, ceramics and silk-screening.

                   I worked for an architect firm after college as a draftsman, a sign company as an artist, a coupla silk-screen companies as a technician, a pottery studio as a mold-maker and kiln-repairman, and finally now as a full-time artist, exhibiting in various Art Galleries throught-out the greater Tidewater Va. area in juried shows. I offer commission work as well as originals and prints.

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            I am currently being represented locally at Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Gallery located at One High Street, Suite 3, Portsmouth, Va. 23704, (757) 399-5012. I have contracted with the proprietors, Joe and Alison Elder, exclusive rights to exhibit for sale my nautical and ocean/beach-themed paintings. Their store hours are Monday - Saturday, 9 - 6.

             At present, I'm displaying (for sale) 6 of my acrylic paintings; "Business As Usual", "Beauty In Motion", "Pelican's Roost", "Papa's Treasures", "Bay Racers", and "Close Encounters".  For the avid fisherman, also on exhibit for sale are my custom-made fishing rods, ranging from a delicate 2 lb. class freshwater pole, all the way to an 80 lb. class trolling rod. On the craft side, my conch-shell candles with custom-made stands may also be purchased there making an excellent gift for anyone desiring an affordable seashore treasure. 

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My latest painting, a 40" x 30" acrylic-on-canvas

entitled, "Business As Usual".

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                                 A M0ment In Time

                           34" x 34" acrylic-on-canvas

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                                 My style as an artist is always evolving, sometimes with each new piece. With many of my paintings I attempt to take the viewer to some place they may never have been, inviting them to step right into my picture. If even for just a few moments I enable you to place yourself in my painting, releasing you from the pressures of today's society, I feel my effort was worthwhile. I think there is a spark of an artist present in all of us, just waiting to be let loose. With each new creation I make for you,...perhaps your flame will be lit to inspire you to reach for your own inner artist!

......Randall Jordan

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"Papa's Treasures" - 24" x 36" Acrylic-on-canvas

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