JIM'S ART

Jim Jordan

has been painting for

forty years, has had six one-man

shows and exhibited in numerous

juried shows. He worked first in

oils but now also paints in acrylics.

His subjects include wildlife,

landscapes, seascapes, and florals.

Since moving to Arizona in 2000,

Jim has added many western

subjects to his repertoire. Jim

enjoys working with lights and

shadows to relate an impressionist’s

vision of his subjects.

Below is one of Jim's Arizona subjects.

Click on the image to see the larger picture.

Below the painting is a poem Debbie wrote

around 1990 in a poetry workshop.
 

Road to the Desert

(click on image to enlarge)

ROCKS

by Debbie Jordan

Rocks are not ugly,

they are God's sculpture.

Except, of course, for a few million acres in Texas,

where an antagonistic spirit did his damnedest

     to make the place as close to home--

          read, unlivable for humans--

               as he could.

Georgia O'Keefe knew what God meant

and showed us the beauty

     in skulls

          and rocks

               and a single flower--

death, sculpture, life--

     divine art.

See the geode--

     shining beauty within crude beauty,

or the crystals--

     dripping water hardening

          into shapes formed

               by divine hands.

Look at the simple stone

     with uniform roundness

          and flatness

               and ovalness--

perfect in its symmetry--

     imperfect in its flaws--

          and beautiful.

The child sees the stone--

     not unique,

          like a million other stones--

               but unique,

                    its own stone--

God's sculpture--

     like the child--

          not unique,

               like a million other kids--

                    but unique,

                         with its own soul--

                                                  God's handiwork too.

Posted with gratitude to Gloria Zanone,

Casa Grande Valley Fine Art Association

http://cgvfaa.org/index.php