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Artist: Jordan Stanford
Year: 2025
Media/Materials: Stoneware
Size: 19 × 20 × 10 inches
My work explores small-town America through the lens of lived experiences. Growing up in a place seemingly untouched by modernity, I find inspiration in less photogenic people and places of rural America. There is a unique beauty in the gritty dialect and visual language of these places: poorly hand-painted business signs, empty storefronts, and seedy dive bars.
I use humor in my work to prevent it from becoming too serious or political. My illustrations include scenes from daily life in a rural area. I take a naive, stylized approach to accomplish a slightly abstracted, somewhat abrasive, anti-aesthetic drawing style for these pieces, as I don't idealize the scenes I present.
I create art that showcases the playful side of small towns. I agree with the negative connotations surrounding rural communities. However, these dust covered places still hold great charm for me. Things never change in small-town America, time is only measured by new wrinkles and weathering buildings.
Artist: Jordan Stanford
Year: 2025
Media/Materials: Stoneware
Size: 19 × 20 × 10 inches
My work explores small-town America through the lens of lived experiences. Growing up in a place seemingly untouched by modernity, I find inspiration in less photogenic people and places of rural America. There is a unique beauty in the gritty dialect and visual language of these places: poorly hand-painted business signs, empty storefronts, and seedy dive bars.
I use humor in my work to prevent it from becoming too serious or political. My illustrations include scenes from daily life in a rural area. I take a naive, stylized approach to accomplish a slightly abstracted, somewhat abrasive, anti-aesthetic drawing style for these pieces, as I don't idealize the scenes I present.
I create art that showcases the playful side of small towns. I agree with the negative connotations surrounding rural communities. However, these dust covered places still hold great charm for me. Things never change in small-town America, time is only measured by new wrinkles and weathering buildings.