RJ ART

My vision is to create art that engages, inspires, and lifts the spirit. This art is non-objective and generally does not represent any specific thing.

Sculptures may evoke memories and feelings tied to life experiences and relationships or suggest something the artist could never have anticipated.

My work explores the emotional response of the viewer through use of contrasting materials, shapes, and colors.

Tension and intrigue in these works emerge from juxtaposition of planes, curves, and contrasting colors, and inspiration in the natural world’s structural and aesthetic complexities.

There is a term from cosmology evocative of physics and art-curved space— which could describe the combination of curved forms and negative space in my painted metal works.

I use an old and familiar design process: model building. Using vellum papers, clay, carving materials, and aluminum, first steps transform these into intriguing three-dimensional structures.

Potential color options are explored, the mounting base design is integrated into the sculpture design, and the sculpture is ready for metal fabrication and finishing.

I have media and fabrication options for making art with a selection of wood, metals and clear plastics. Materials for sculptural art have unique processing and finishing properties, and in the unpainted state materials like copper, bronze, and wood offer rich contrast to painted metals. Clear materials (e.g., plexiglass) can be processed with standard woodworking tools that yield sculptures with reflected internal and external images within three dimensional forms.

There is a strong emphasis on quality fabrication of the final work of art. It requires advanced tools in support of finishing and engineering processes for a diversity of materials. Proper facilities for high-grade painted finishes are essential so that sculptures can be created for both indoor and outdoor display, and designs can be scaled to large size.

Robert Jordan lives in Minneapolis, MN. His education was in the arts and sciences, with a PhD in chemistry. Followed by careers in scientific research, industrial research and development, and new business development . His artwork attempts to combine insights of science with artistic expression in creation of sculptural art.