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Watercolorist Jackson Ordean Emerges

August 12th, 2014

Watercolorist Jackson Ordean Emerges

At the recent regional Art Show in Ouray, CO, Alpine Artists Holiday, watercolorist Jackson Ordean not only was a ribbon winner with one of his colorful and expressive watercolors, but sold another painting for $450 to a collector from Boken Arrow, OK. Asked about his reaction to the show, Mr. Ordean said, "I've been in the arts for years, mostly as a public school teacher. I've won occasional awards at the few shows I've entered. But when I retired, instead of extending my personal art career, I got involved in remodeling and then founding an all natural skin care product. But a couple years ago, I was unmistakably 'called back' to pursuing the tricky medium of watercolor. This was the first show I've entered in maybe 20 years. I only painted 3 watercolors painting in that time, and in fact quit art altogether in about 2003. But in the last 2 years, I've been putting in some time in the 'woodshed' as the musicians say, gathering skills and developing less aversion to risk. It...

Artist Jackson Ordean Receives Achievement Award

August 12th, 2014

Artist Jackson Ordean Receives Achievement Award

Jackson Ordean's 'Redemption, Ilwaco WA' 22" x 30" colorful watercolor won an Honorable Mention at the just closed 8/9/2014 Alpine Artists' Holiday Regional Art Show in Ouray, CO. Some 250 art works were accepted. When asked what he thought about the award, Ordean said, "I was stoked! My style is not the favorite style of the judge at this show. First, Second and Third places were all photo realism rather than the slightly cartoon like Expressionism that my work tends to fit into. Not only that, my other painting sold for $450! Stoked is definitely the word!".