RAIN JORDAN
LATEST NEWS
6/2025: Rain has been selected as one of twelve artists for The Home Project, an initiative of the Heartisan Foundation.
8/2025: Several of Rain's jellyfish sculptures have been accepted for the Art of Maritime Navigation exhibition at the Cannon Beach Gallery.
9/2025: Multiple works from Rain's Dog Days mid-century modern dog portraits have been selected for exhibit at Cannon Beach Gallery from February to March 2026.
Rain Jordan's works have been shown in the USA and Australia and are in private collections throughout the world, including New York, California, the PNW, and Australia. Several have also been featured in Saatchi-curated collections at Saatchi Art, as well as on several book covers and in magazines.
Rain holds a BA and an MFA from the California State University. Born and raised in California, Rain currently resides on the north Oregon coast.
Artist's Statement: Aesthetics
Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
The truth must dazzle gradually.
– Emily Dickinson
I like to work in a somewhat slant mode. Whether through abstraction, symbolic imagery, or magical realism, I like my work to be open to more than one interpretation. This way, both the subject of the work and the work's viewer are recognized as the individual beings they are, in flux and replete with potential. I think of it as a sort of invitation to the viewer to come to their own interpretation while considering the possibilities of the subject's world as well. For me, a slant approach to art opens access to more dialogical forms of communication.
Works of Marine Life:
The essence of sea anemones, jellyfish, and other ocean life seems to me an always-evolving marriage of toughness and delicacy. Although anemones & jellies seem fragile, handling one can induce a powerful sting. Whether in self-defense or offense, they teach us that not all is as it seems.