Jessica Gordon is an American painter residing in Davidson, North Carolina. Jessica sought a creative outlet which led her to pick up a paintbrush for the first time. She fell in love with the idea of creating something of her own. Self-taught, she is paving her way, giving the viewer an insight into her mind and creative instincts.
Jessica’s work can be found in multiple publications and selected for numerous shows throughout the United States. Selected in 2019 by American Art Collector's editor Joshua Rose for "Painting Now” as one of “Today’s most exciting painters in representational art”.
Jessica was awarded Honorable Mention in the ground breaking 2019 Bennett Prize and "The Odds Against It All" hangs in The Bennett Collection. Her painting “Speaking My Peace to the Past” was awarded the American Art Collector’s “Excellence in American Realism” Award through the International ARC Salon in 2023. “A New Hope" was chosen for Spectrum 2019 at the Hunter Museum of American Art and in February 2024 Jessica’s paintings headed to the moon with Nasa’s Lunar Codex time capsule. Jessica has had three successful solo shows since 2019 including her sold out solo at Haven Gallery in New York 2022. Jessica’s last collection of works sold out at the LA Art Show 2023 with Arcadia Contemporary.
Appreciative of the merited paintings she has created, Jessica looks forward to developing a thoughtful and continuously growing fine art career. Sharing her work has become a passion that drives her.
Statement
Much of my work includes water as a theme. Water represents in my work, a metaphorical character in the narrative.
It is important to me that my art is my own creation. My creative process starts with thumbnail sketches. This leads to setting up scenes to photograph for the source material; which includes gathering people willing to get wet, wardrobe, props, location, lighting etc. Ultimately, I assemble the components, adjusting until the vision in my head is captured or approximated. It is from there that I start the painting process.