From Focus Santa Fe Magazine:
McCreery Jordan is known for her exquisitely painted, intensely lyrical art. Her style and subject matter are strictly her own, yet her constant experimentation keeps her work fresh and magical. Her mixed media pieces, in particular, reflect an astonishing ability to invoke both mystery and clarity.
Ms. Jordan, who has lived in Santa Fe since 1993, is an established artist who has conducted workshops throughout the United States for the past twenty years. She imparts her passion for art to her students while teaching them the solid skills that are at the heart of her own work. She is proficient in oil, acrylic, encaustic, and watercolor, and she frequently combines them for maximum effect. The subject matter can be anything from landscape to figures and still life, and the approach can be anything from photorealism to abstract and beyond, with dimensions ranging from 6” x 6” to billboard size.
Jordan’s work has appeared in many publications, most recently in New Mexico Millennium Collection – A Twenty-First Century Celebration of Fine Art in New Mexico. She shows her work in galleries, museums, and invitationals (most recently in Sorrento, Italy. She has garnered many awards and other honors, and her work is represented in many distinguished private collections in the United States and Europe. It also can be found in public venues ranging from a restaurant in France to the Wall Street Journal.
She is a published poet, avid fly fisher, and has produced two instructional art videos.
AWARDS
2007 First Award, 89th Annual Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art
2006 Second Award, 88th Annual Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art
2005 Award of Excellence, Originals 2005, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Best of Show, Northwestern Ohio Watercolor Society, Toledo, OH
Bill Williamson Memorial Award, Toledo Artists Club Annual, OH
1991 Best of Show, Spectrum Open, Toledo, Ohio
First Place,Toledo Atists Club "One With The Earth" Exhibition, OH
1990 Grumbacher Gold Medal, N.O.W.S., Toledo, Ohio
Best of Show, NOWS Watercolorama 90, Toledo, OH
1988 Finalist, The Artist's Magazine, Still Life Painting Competition, NY
1987 Lillian A. Hart Memorial Award, 66th Annual National Watercolor Society, NY
1986 Grumbacher Gold Medal, NOWS, Toledo, Ohio
Grumbacher Gold Medal, Spectrum Annual, Toledo, OH
1984 Grumbacher Silver Medal, Toledo Artists Club Annual, OH
Honorable Mention, 8th Annual Orange County Exhibition, CA
Honorable Mention, Watercolor Ohio 84
Best Of Class Award, Art Expo, Toledo, OH
1983 Craft Showcase Award, Ohio Watercolor Society, OH
Patron of the Arts Award, Bowling Green Jr. High School, OH
1982 First Award, First National Bank Exhibition, Toledo, OH
GALLERIES
Amuse Gallery - Columbus, OH
Breckenridge Fine Art - Breckenridge, CO
Edmund Craig Gallery- Ft. Worth, TX
Esther Wells Collection Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
Grimshaw Fine Art - Taos, NM
Lynne Fine Art - Scottsdale, AZ
Toledo Museum of Art Collector's Corner-Toledo, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Grimshaw Fine Art, Taso, NM
2007 Lynne Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ "Secrets and Veils"
2006 Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Deloney Newkirk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2001 Carnahan Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, June
Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Shriver Gallery, Taos, NM
1997 American Gallery, Sylvania, OH
1996 Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993 Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1991 Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1990 Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
Shiaiwassee Art Center Gallery, Owosso,MI
Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
1989 Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI
1988 Wood County Courthouse, Bowling Green, OH
1987 Van Cliff Gallery, Toledo, OH
Blue Cross of Ohio, Toledo, OH
1986 Common Space Center for Creativity, Toledo, OH
St. Luke's Hospital, Monclova, OH
1975 Fine Arts Gallery, Sylvania, OH
1967 Westwood Art Theatre and Gallery, Toledo, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Toledo Museum of Art, 89th Annual Exhibition
2006 Toledo Museum of Art, 88th Annual Exhibition
2006 Salon International, San Antonio, Texas
Toledo Museum of Art, 88th Annual Area Artists Exhibition
Originals 2005 Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Sponsored by National Women of the Arts, Washington, DC
2005 LewAllen Gallery, 8th Annual FOCA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2004 LewAllen Gallery, 7th Annual FOCA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2003 LewAllen Gallery, 6th Annual FOCA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Salon International, San Antonio, TX
2002 Deloney Newkirk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 LewAllen Gallery, 5th Annual FOCA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Sept.
Carnahan Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June
ShriverGallery, Taos, New Mexico
Deloney Newkirk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
LewAllen Gallery, 4th Annual FOCA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Vail Fine Art, Vail, Colorado Aspen Fine Art, Aspen, CO
2000 LewAllen Gallery, 3rd Annual FOCA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
"Secrets and Dreams" Guadalupe Santuario, Santa Fe, NM
Nedra Matteucci Fine Art, NM Women's Show
American Women Artists Invitational, Cloisters, Sorrento, Italy
Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Vail Fine Art, Vail, CO
Aspen Fine Art, Aspen, CO
Leon Loard Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1999 Jan Ballew's Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
American Gallery, Sylvania, OH
1998 Aspen Fine Art, Aspen, CO
Vail Fine Art, Vail, CO
American Gallery, Sylvania, OH
1997 Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 Jan Ballew's Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1995 American Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Aspen Fine Art, Aspen, CO
Vail Fine Art, Vail, CO
Beaver Creek Fine Art, Beaver Creek, CO
1994 Jan Ballew's Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1993 Jan Ballew's Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Esther Wells Collection Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1991 Toledo Museum of Art, 73rd Annual, Toledo, OH
1989 Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
1988 Allied Artists 75th Annual Exhibition,NY
Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
1987 Billy Graham Museum, Sacred Arts IX, Wheaton, ILL
Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
Texas Watercolor Society 38th Annual
National Watercolor Society 66th Annual, NY
1986 Allied Artists 73rd Annual Exhibition, NY
Montana Watercolor Society 4th Annual
Ohio Watercolor Society Annual
Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
1985 Toledo Museum of Art, 67th Annual
Texas Watercolor Society 36th Annual
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 7th Annual
Knickerbocker Artists 35th Annual, NY
Ohio Watercolor Society Annual
1984 California Watercolor Society 8th Annual
Ohio Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
Owens Illinois Center, "Artists Who Teach" Toledo, OH
Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
1983 Toledo Museum Of Art 65th Annual
Ohio Watercolor Society Annual
Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
1973- Toledo Festival of the Arts at Toledo, OH
1983 Botanical Gardens
1997 American Gallery, Sylvania, OH
1996 Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993 Northern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Esther Wells Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1991 Esther Wells Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1990 Mayfair Gallery, Escondito, CA
Shiaiwassee Art Center Gallery, Owosso,MI
Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
1989 Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI
1988 Wood County Courthouse, Bowling Green, OH
1987 Van Cliff Gallery, Toledo, OH
Blue Cross of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio
1986 Common Space Center for Creativity, Toledo, OH
St. Luke's Hospital, Monclova, OH
1975 Fine Arts Gallery, Sylvania, OH
1967 Westwood Art Theatre and Gallery, Toledo, OH
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Focus/Santa Fe
2007 Focus/Santa Fe
2007 Toledo Blade
2006 Santa Fe New Mexican, feature Article
2003 Focus Santa Fe, Summer Edition, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Focus/Santa Fe, Fall Edition, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Art Talk, June, Scottsdale, AZ
Arizona Art Talk,, February, Scottsdale, AZ
2000 Pasatiempo, February, Santa Fe, NM
The Montgomery Independent, March, 9, ALA
Surrentum, September, Sorrento, Italy
1995 Focus Santa Fe, June, Santa Fe, NM
Art Talk, June, Scottsdale, AZ
Pasatiempo, June, Santa Fe, NM
Pasatiempo, July 7, Santa Fe, NM
1993 Montage Magazine, January, Toledo, OH
The Santa Fean, November, Santa Fe, NM
Focus Santa Fe, October, Santa Fe, NM
Living Sunday, Toledo Blade, January 24, Toledo, OH
1992 Toledo Magazine, March, Toledo, OH
1990 Ranch and Coast, Solana Beach, February
California Argus Press, October 20, Owosso, MI
1987 Toledo Metropolitan Magazine, May, Toledo, OH
Wheaton Leader, September, Wheaton, ILL
1985 Action Toledo Magazine, Toledo, OH
Dialogue Magazine, Toledo, OH
Toledo Blade, August, Toledo, OH
1983 Travel Host Magazine, February, National
Toledo Blade, November, Toledo, OH
BOOKS
"Veils" A Picture Book
VHS and DVDS
"Painting the Still Life in Acrylic"
"Painting the Portrait in Watercolor"
EDUCATION
Burges High School, El Paso, Texas
University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2002 New Mexico Millennium Collection, (Inclusion)
