Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Greensboro Artist Spotlight: Jordan Owens

Carrying on with the theme of highlighting some of our favorite Greensboro artists, we move on to the talented Jordan Grace Owens. We first saw her work at her solo show last summer at the Green Bean Coffeehouse downtown and completely flipped out about it. Afterwards in our minds she was yet another famous illustrator, so when she hearted our shop on Etsy, we flipped out even more. Later in the fall we got to meet her at the Greensboro Indie Market and found out she makes cool art and she’s really down to earth!

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(Photo taken by Ashley at the December Greensboro Indie Market in 2009)

We love how her sophisticated design aesthetic and appreciation for hand-lettered typography blend together in her hand-painted cut-out dolls and paintings on found objects. We’re also suckers for the 60’s French film influence, and for the found portraits that show up every now and then. Check out the painting cluster of hers below, and then be sure to check out her Etsy shop (we have a paper doll of hers framed in our living room, and her magnets on our fridge) and her blog too!

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(Photo courtesy of Jordan Grace Owens, from her blog)

—Joel and Ashley, This Paper Ship

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