Born and raised in Albuquerque, Jordan grew up in a trailer park, the middle child in a single-parent home. He always had this weird feeling not to expect much from his life; he was content with simplicity and mundanity. As a kid, he always had an affinity for making art. He liked painting and drawing and took various types of art classes through high school and college.    

 

He remembers the day he was inspired to paint was when he first saw Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, his favorite painting. Hopper is his primary influence on his art style and subject matter. He connects with his beautiful and lonely depictions of the world and time Hopper grew up in. An equally great influence in his work is music, particularly instrumental jazz and certain rappers. Jazz invokes many feelings and moods: sad, soothing, upbeat. The instrumental aspect creates a sense of introspection. Musical artists such as MF DOOM and Kill Bill the Rapper express the struggles of having an average or uneventful upbringing in the developed world today.    

 

He wants to paint modern landscapes that depict the cold isolation and hidden beauty that he and others experience every day. He prefers to use oil paint and create his own canvases. In future works, he hopes to grow in his technical skills but primarily aims to have a clear understanding of his feelings and therefore a greater depiction of those feelings.