Vickie Jourdan's Gallery

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VICKIE JOURDAN is an artist who emerged from a very successful career in interior design. In the past ten years Vickie has attended workshops in watercolor, pastel, oil, mixed media and collage in order to pursue her talent for creative art. Vickie's art work has evolved over the years and she continues to experiment with acrylics, gel mediums, gesso and papers creating unique compositions of color and texture.  Her application of color is fleeting or dense as we see in “Wish You Were Here.”  Bold patches surround dematerializing softness or textured areas. 

In the series “Some Like It Hot” strong colors both contrast and enhance each other.  The sizzling-hot composition in the center is embedded in calming crème and eggshell tones and they create a varying push and pull of foreground and background.  Some viewers feel abstract works are easy. However, to successfully capture and engage the viewer without a narrative by pure interplay of color and textural elements is the true challenge.