Jordan Art Gallery

For immediate release

February 1-March 30, 2011

"While the use of light and shadow leans toward American realist legend Edward Hopper, Mr. Leverton's unconventional "macro view" forces foreground and background to become indistinguishable, which creates abstraction... that celebrate the forgotten and mundane pieces of domestic life."

Dave LeBlanc, The Globe and Mail

GORDON LEVERTON

Launch opening with the artist;

Saturday, February 4, 2~4PM

Everyone is welcome to attend

‘I see beauty in our aging urban strata. In Hamilton, Ontario, where I reside. the effects of nature over time have eroded the buildings and infrastructures, transforming them greatly. I look too at the banal and mundane - tract-housing, parking lots, apartment blocks - and final challenge in exploring the traditional and narrow view of what is beautiful.

Gordon Leverton is a member of several guilds and artist groups including, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton Artists Inc., and The Artists Network, and is an elected member of The Society of Canadian Artists. His artwork has shown in the The National Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Todmorden Mills Museum, Ogilvy Hall in Montreal and the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery.

Gordon's work has frequently shown at the juried Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, and has received first place awards in the Junction Juried Art Exhibition and the Riverdale Art Walk in Toronto. His work is in many corporate and private collections, including the City of Toronto, actress CCH Pounder, and founding chairman of the National Museum of American History, Dr. Ivan Selin. Press coverage includes spots on CH-TV, CBC Nightly News, Global News at Six, Hamilton Spectator and the Globe and Mail.

The Jordan Art Gallery has been evolving

If one was to look at our space as a work in progress, it is now home to one of the most provocative cross-sections of fine art and designer craft ever assembled under one roof in the Niagara Region.

The Jordan Art Gallery formed ten years ago with the intention of promoting artists exclusively from Niagara, and in the gallery's one thousand - plus square feet; we've been doing just that!

vessel: Lisa Scog, vase: Peter Gudrunas, plate: Joe Speck

The four founding partners have expanded to six full partners and two sharing, making a partnership of seven. All are recognized as dedicated and respected artists whose creative output individually, spans decades of art making. Browse the website's Gallery page to see samples of each partners' work.

Janny Fraser Sandy Middleton

JAG is an entirely independent venue, run by artists, for artists. As partners and artists we are committed to communicating our knowledge and perspectives on the disciplines we represent. There is often occasion to share with visitors, colourful anecdotes about the artists and their work.